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Official Trump to meet with North Korean leader by May

WASHINGTON, D.C. - AUGUST 14: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the violence this past weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia at the White House on August 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed in Charlottesville when a car allegedly driven by James Alex Fields Jr. barreled into a crowd of counter-protesters following violence at the 'Unite the Right' rally. Two Virginia state police troopers were also killed when their helicopter crashed while covering events on the ground. (Photo by Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - AUGUST 14: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the violence this past weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia at the White House on August 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed in Charlottesville when a car allegedly driven by James Alex Fields Jr. barreled into a crowd of counter-protesters following violence at the 'Unite the Right' rally. Two Virginia state police troopers were also killed when their helicopter crashed while covering events on the ground. (Photo by Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images)Pool/Getty Images
The meeting would be the first of its kind between a leader of North Korea and a sitting president of the United States.

South Korea's national security director says President Donald Trump has decided he will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un ``by May.''

Chung Eui-yong spoke outside the White House after a day of briefings with senior U.S. officials, including Trump, on the recent inter-Korea talks. Chung says Trump said ``he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization'' of the Korean peninsula.

Chung says Kim told the South Koreans he is ``committed to denuclearization'' and pledged that ``North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests.''

The meeting would be the first of its kind between a leader of North Korea and a sitting president of the United States. The two countries have been in a formal state of war since the Korean War in the 1950s.