NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump plan to meet in May for nuclear disarmament talks, following the successful visit of a South Korean delegation to Pyongyang this week.

The announcement followed a briefing of US officials by South Korean security chief Chung Eui Yong, who recently met Mr Kim and Pyongyang ministers.

At a quickly called appearance on a White House driveway, Mr Chung said Mr Kim had “expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible” and that Mr Trump “appreciated the briefing and said he would meet [Mr Kim] by May to achieve permanent denuclearisation.”