Live updates from Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam
Live coverage of the North Korea-U.S. summit
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Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump listen to questions from the media on the second day of the summit President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began talks on the second day of their summit, with both sides expressing hope for progress on improving relations and the key issue of denuclearization.
"It's too early to tell, but I wouldn't say that I'm pessimistic," North Korea's Kim Jong Un tells reporters when asked if he is confident a deal will be reached. Read more here. -
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Trump and Kim took a brief stroll in the courtyard of the Hanoi hotel after meeting, joined by envoys More here. -
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Trump and Kim attend the extended bilateral meeting in Hanoi's Metropole hotel along with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House national security adviser John Bolton, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the North Korean Workers’ Party Committee. REUTERS/Leah Millis -
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REUTERS/Leah Millis During an extended bilateral meeting, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said he would not be in Vietnam if he was not prepared to pursue denuclearization.
He also welcomed the idea of putting a U.S. liaison office in the North's capital, Pyongyang. Read more here -
Handshake of equals
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met at their second summit in Hanoi. Reuters spoke with body language experts to analyze Kim’s and Trump’s movements during their meeting. More here.
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"The expectation on Washington-North Korea summit has been dampened slightly ... Seoul stocks as well as overall Asian markets are extending losses in the afternoon on combined reasons - Chinese PMI and partly due to the dampened expectation on the summit."- Kim Doo-un, an analyst at KB Securities in Seoul
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"It's too early to tell, but I wouldn't say I'm pessimistic. For what I feel right now, I do have a feeling that good results will come out."- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un through an interpreter, after being asked by a Washington Post correspondent if he was confident about a deal at the summit.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula at their summit in Vietnam on Thursday. More here. -
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"Couple of things could be at play here, maybe the U.S. president is watching the India-Pakistan situation and it's taking a bigger priority of his time ... Maybe they've covered everything they needed and that means that selling South Korean stocks is quite a risky thing to be doing right now, since there's no confirmation as to why the conference has been closed early."- Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA
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President Donald Trump said he walked away from a nuclear deal with Kim Jong Un because of unacceptable demands from the North Korean leader to lift U.S.-led sanctions. Full coverage here. -
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