Newest reports out on Monday, May, 7, 2018: North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and United States President Donald Trump are likely to meet in Singapore in mid-June.

Possibility of Singapore hosting "increase greatly"

Trump said over the weekend that the two sides had settled on a date and location for the summit, but without providing details.

"We'll be announcing it soon," Trump told reporters.

South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reported Monday that the summit will take place in "mid-June".

It cited diplomatic sources who quoted Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton.

The newspaper suggested that the possibility of Singapore hosting the landmark meeting had "increased greatly".

No detailed explanations though

This was after after a decision by Trump to host South Korean president Moon Jae-in at the White House later this month, but no further explanation was given for this assertion.

Bolton met South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong in Washington in early May to discuss plans for both locations, local media reports said.

A similar report on the weekend from South Korea's Yonhap news agency also said Singapore was in the running as the favoured location for the summit.

This is despite Trump's personal preference for the meeting to take place in between the two Koreas.

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Mending ties

This meeting will be the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.

Other less dramatic signs of rapprochement have emerged almost daily, including North Korea moving its clocks forward by 30 minutes early Saturday to match time with the South.