South Korea’s foreign minister on Thursday admitted to disagreements between Seoul and Washington over the DPRK issue, in comments in which she also confirmed that a scheduled visit to the ROK by U.S. Special Representative Stephen Biegun will take place soon.

Speaking at a special news conference, Seoul’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha reiterated that the U.S. and South Korea agreed on their “basic approach” toward DPRK denuclearization, and on the need for a “comprehensive agreement with phased, simultaneous and parallel implementation.”

Two North Korea-U.S. summits were able to go ahead thanks to this “close coordination” between the ROK and