HANOI: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday, ahead of a second summit closely watched for concrete steps to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. “With complete Denuclearization, North Korea will rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse,” tweeted Trump. But many North Korea watchers dismissed the Singapore summit as political theatre that failed to produce a concrete roadmap to denuclearisation and stressed the Hanoi meeting must deliver more. He also hinted more summits could follow the Hanoi meeting, reducing expectations of a dramatic breakthrough in the Vietnamese capital. ‘MOST MEMORABLE’ MOMENTIn contrast to Trump’s direct route to the summit, Kim embarked on a two-and-a-half day, 4,000 kilometre (2,500 mile) odyssey through China by train.

Source: Pakistan Today February 26, 2019 16:30 UTC