Amanda Macias, CNBC: North Korea is quiet while the White House scrambles to coordinate talks between President Trump and Kim Jong Un
* President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but there are no confirmed details.
* Adding to the disarray, Kim has been suspiciously silent, at least in public – and it has cast a shadow of doubt over the potential meeting.
* Some foreign policy experts suspect that Kim was taken aback by Trump's acceptance.
It has been nearly three weeks since President Donald Trump surprised the world with his "on-the-spot" acceptance to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by the end of May, and the White House is scrambling to nail down the details.
Aside from a proposed agenda to discuss the North's nuclear program, the White House has yet to produce a date, time, location or a list of Trump administration participants.
Adding to the disarray, Kim has been suspiciously silent, at least in public — and it has cast a shadow of doubt over the potential meeting. There were reports that Kim had traveled on a secret train trip to Beijing, which concluded Tuesday, but even that was shrouded in mystery.
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