SINGAPORE – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrived in Singapore yesterday for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a “one-time shot” at peace.
Bringing the Korean War to a formal end 65 years after hostilities ceased will also be on the table at the first-ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting president of its “imperialist enemy”.
It is an extraordinary turnaround from the tensions of last year, when Kim accelerated his weapons programmes – earning the North more sets of UN Security Council sanctions – and the two men traded personal insults and threats of war.
US President Donald Trump arrives at Paya Lebar Air Base for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, yesterday, in Singapore. – AP
A handout photo taken by Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore yesterday shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (left) shaking hands with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) during his visit to The Istana, the official residence of the prime minister, following Kim’s arrival in Singapore. – AFP
