But the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un produced no deal, no follow-on to the limited declaration issued at the first summit, and no commitments from North Korea to denuclearize or shore up its human rights track record. Kim Jong-un, responding to Washington Post reporter David Nakamura’s question about his expectations for the summit, used a double-negative, loosely translated from Korean to “I’m not pessimistic”. Lining nearly every street were lampposts with the flags of the U.S., North Korea, and Vietnam. Summit and Hanoi, the city of peace, as well as vendors selling Trump-Kim paraphernalia were tucked into the busy, bustling streets of the city. Whispers ahead of the summit indicated that the U.S. and North Korea would sign a peace declaration.

Source: Forbes March 02, 2019 01:52 UTC