A second summit between DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump looms. With just days to go until the two leaders meet in Hanoi, DPRK watchers and pundits are scrambling to make predictions about what to expect from the talks and what kind of new relationship might emerge.
But beyond talk of sanctions relief, nuclear concessions, and end of war declarations, almost just as important will be the optics of the summit: the photo-ops, the tours of the city, the post-meeting press conferences (should they take place), and, of course, the all-important first handshake.
A second summit between DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump looms. With just days to go until the two leaders meet in Hanoi, DPRK watchers and pundits are scrambling to make predictions about what to expect from the talks and what kind of new relationship might emerge.
But beyond talk of sanctions relief, nuclear concessions, and end of war declarations, almost just as important will be the optics of the summit: the photo-ops, the tours of the city, the post-meeting press conferences (should they take place), and, of course, the all-important first handshake.
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