Live updates from Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam
Live coverage of the North Korea-U.S. summit where Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump meet face to face.
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Trump won't rush North Korea on denuclearization; peace deal possible
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un hold a second summit this week with no real expectation of a final deal on ridding the North of nuclear weapons but hope raised on Monday for an official peace on the peninsula at long last. -
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Local media in Vietnam snapped some of the motorcade preparations ahead of the #TrumpKimSummit https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0OceXFV4AExBNd.jpg
by James Pearson via twitter retweeted by graceleenews 2/25/2019 11:34:12 AM -
Trump won't rush North Korea on denuclearization; peace deal possible
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hold a second summit this week with no real expectation of a final deal on ridding the North of nuclear weapons but hope raised on Monday for an official peace on the peninsula at long last. -
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I’m not in a rush. I don’t want to rush anybody. I just don’t want testing. As long as there’s no testing, we’re happy.- President Trump, speaking in Washington on the eve of his departure for Vietnam Read More
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Following in his grandfather's footsteps
KCNA/via REUTERS In imagery that could have powerful propaganda value at home, Kim Jong Un will mimic aspects of his grandfather’s trip to Vietnam by traveling to some of the same locations visited by the elder Kim. Read the full story -
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WATCH LIVE: Kim Jong Un expected to arrive in Vietnam ahead of Trump summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in Pyongyang, February 8, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS -
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The summit’s agenda is taking shape. White House press secretary Sarah sanders told reporters aboard Air Force one that Trump’s meetings with Kim Jong Un will kick off with a brief, one-on-one conversation on Wednesday evening, followed by a social dinner. Each leader will bring two guests to the dinner, plus interpreters. Trump will be joined by Secretary of State Pompeo and White House Chief of Staff Mulvaney. (Reporting by Jeff Mason aboard Air Force One.)
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for travel to a second summit meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis -
Watch live as Kim Jong Un arrives at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam: https://reut.rs/2EeMfYe
A view of the railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha -
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Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, according to a reporter travelling with him. Pompeo has been Trump's top envoy in his efforts to improve ties with North Korea and has made several trips to Pyongyang to negotiate steps towards ending the North's nuclear program.
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Kim Jong Un looks out from his Mercedes Benz before the 105-mile journey to the capital Hanoi. 📷 Athit Perawongmetha 
Kim Yo Jong, sister of the North Korean leader and first vice department director of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, arrives at the railway station. 📷 Athit Perawongmetha -
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REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha After a long train journey through China, Kim Jong Un is now traveling by car to Hanoi where he will meet with President Trump. The two will try to reach an agreement on North Korea's pledge to give up its nuclear weapons program. There are no real expectations that a final deal will be reached, but there are hopes it might lead to a declaration that the 1950-53 Korean War is at last over. The second Trump-Kim summit comes eight months after another meeting in Singapore, which was the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. Read more here.See all Reuters coverage here. -
As Vietnam welcomes Kim Jong Un for a historic meeting with President Trump, a rights groups report showed that about half of 451 North Korean defectors questioned in a survey endured physical violence at the hands of North Korean authorities. U.S. lawmakers have called Kim the “leader of perhaps the world’s most repressive regime.” However, it is unlikely the rights issue will be addressed when the two leaders meet on Wednesday to try to reach a deal on nuclear programs.
Policemen are seen on a rooftop ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon -
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REUTERS/Ann WangIt had been dubbed a brilliant move in a grand game of diplomatic chess: But minutes after Kim arrived at a Vietnamese border station on Tuesday, the Vietnamese foreign ministry announced the Melia Hanoi Hotel, where Kim Jong Un is staying, would no longer host the press center for hundreds of visiting American journalists assigned to cover his second summit with Trump. Read more here
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