Singapore "doesn't give Trump or Kim the dramatic photo op they would otherwise enjoy or home-court advantage," said Duyeon Kim, visiting senior research fellow at the Korean Peninsula Future Forum, a nonpartisan think tank in Seoul. "But it's a nominally neutral country … [this could] help in reducing some distractions and keeping the focus of the summit on substance, especially when the stakes are so high."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 10, 2018 15:01 UTC