Next Summit for Trump, North Korea’s Kim Likely After First of Year: Senior US Official

President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un after they signed documents that acknowledged the progress of the talks and pledge to keep momentum going, after their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

WASHINGTON—The next summit meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to happen early next year, a senior administration official said Oct. 19.

The two sides have been engaged in talks on the leaders’ second meeting after the first, unprecedented, in Singapore in June.