Heart-to-heart talks can be new marker for ties

The global spotlight will be on the truce village of Panmunjom on the Korean Peninsula on Friday as the leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea are holding their summit there.

Yet another meeting in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, may be just as significant.

The planned talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and Saturday are described as being informal. But that has only served to raise expectations.