Moon arrives in U.S. for talks on upcoming U.S.-N. Korea summit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Washington on Tuesday morning on an covert mission to help broker a nuclear deal between the United States and North Korea ahead of their first-ever summit next month.

Wednesday, May 9, 2018, file photo of South Korean President Moon Jae-in Source: AAP

Moon's trip follows his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom on April 27. He will hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Washington time).

The trip, however, also comes after a series of old rhetoric from Pyongyang that accuses Seoul and Washington of trying to topple its communist regime.

He is having the summit with President Trump tomorrow morning in AEST.

More details from Korean political commentator Jung-sik Seo.