All eyes on the Metropole HotelIn the week leading up to the summit, the news media feverishly guessed at the venue of the meetings between President Trump and Kim Jong-un. Since Tuesday, guests have been required to pass through metal detectors and show identification confirming that they have paid rooms. Warnings have gone out that several facilities, including the hotel’s famed bars, will be closed Wednesday night. Members of Hanoi’s mobile police force, in all black uniforms, white gloves, and carrying police batons, guarded the entrances. When asked Tuesday night if the preparations were for the summit meeting, one officer only smiled and said, “Security.”

Source: New York Times February 27, 2019 01:52 UTC