North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train arrived in China late Saturday ahead of his highly anticipated second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam , according to media reports.The train arrived in the border city of Dandong after 9:00 pm local time (1300 GMT), according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency and the specialist outlet NK News.Official North Korean news agency KCNA confirmed Kim's departure from Pyongyang earlier Saturday. "The train is long and crossed the bridge slower than the tourist train, but its definitely him, there's a lot of police presence," an unidentified source told NK News.- Epic journey? His late father, Kim Jong Il, travelled all the way to Moscow by train in 2001. "It sends a strong message to North Koreans that Kim Jong Un has inherited his grandfather's good qualities, and the Kim Dynasty is stronger than ever," said Koh Yu-hwan, professor at Seoul's Dongguk University.Jeong Young-tae of the Institute of North Korean Studies in Seoul said the safest way to travel would be to take a plane provided by Beijing. "China wants North Korea to make some steps to denuclearise as much as anyone else," Hastings said.

Source: Economic Times February 23, 2019 21:45 UTC