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North Korea omits failed nuclear talks from documentary on Trump-Kim summit, points to possibility of continued negotiations
•North Korea's state TV aired a documentary glorifying Kim Jong-un's recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Trump
'North Korea has no economic future with nuclear weapons': Donald Trump at Conservative Political Action Conference
•“North Korea has an incredible, brilliant economic future if they make a deal, but they don’t have any economic future if they have nuclear weapons,” Trump said at a Conservative Political Action Conference.
South Korea, US replace spring military exercises with smaller drills to resolve North Korea nuclear crisis with diplomacy
•The decision announced by the US and South Korea is an olive branch to North Korea. But it will likely raise worries about how the allies will maintain their readiness in the event that military tensions erupt again in the wake of the recently failed summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Kim Jong-un pays tribute to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam before departing for North Korea via China
•Kim Jong-un adjusted the ribbons on a large wreath emblazoned with his name and the message "Cherishing the memory of President Ho Chi Minh" before bowing his head for no less than 48 seconds.
Moon Jae-in to announce new plans for inter-Korean engagement; proposal for economic cooperation likely
•South Korea’s Moon Jae-in plans to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement following the high-stakes nuclear summit between Trump, Kim Jong-un
No agreement between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi; leaders leave summit venue before scheduled signing ceremony
•The nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam’s Hanoi ended without an agreement
Kim Jong-un spotted smoking cigarette hours before arrival in Vietnam for summit with Donald Trump
Payalshah •Footage by Japan’s TBS TV showed Kim Jong-un, a habitual smoker, taking a pre-dawn smoke break Tuesday at a train station in China hours before his arrival in Vietnam for his high-stakes summit with President Donald Trump
Trump-Kim Vietnam Summit: US president, North Korean leader to meet in Hanoi's Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel; all about the venue
Fp Staff •The Metropole has been in operation since 1901, making it Vietnam’s oldest continuously operating hotel. It was originally built by French investors and has hosted many famous guests over the years, including Charlie Chaplin and British writer W Somerset Maugham
Hours before Kim Jong-un’s arrival, White House press staff shunted from Hanoi hotel booked for leader’s stay
•When the same hotel was booked for Kim Jong Un and the White House press corps, US mediapersons were relocated to another international media filing center
Kim Jong-un en route to Vietnam for summit with Donald Trump; North Korean leader to seek 'partial sanctions relief'
•In his upcoming meeting with Trump, experts say Kim will seek a US commitment for improved bilateral relations and partial sanctions relief while trying to minimise any concessions on his nuclear facilities and weapons.