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The second Trump-Kim summit: how did we get here?

The second Trump-Kim summit: how did we get here?

Relations have improved since Singapore, but real progress may hinge on the two leaders

The second Trump-Kim summit: how did we get here?
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 26, 2019
Speculation grows that U.S.-DPRK summit will take place at Hanoi’s Metropole Hotel

Speculation grows that U.S.-DPRK summit will take place at Hanoi’s Metropole Hotel

Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet on Wednesday night for private greeting and dinner event

Speculation grows that U.S.-DPRK summit will take place at Hanoi’s Metropole Hotel
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll | Dagyum Ji February 26, 2019
The view from the Kremlin: what Russia wants from the second U.S.-DPRK summit

The view from the Kremlin: what Russia wants from the second U.S.-DPRK summit

Moscow welcomes improving ties, though fears being marginalized as talks progress

The view from the Kremlin: what Russia wants from the second U.S.-DPRK summit
Anthony V. Rinna
Anthony V. Rinna February 26, 2019
As Kim and Trump meet in Hanoi, can the DPRK and Vietnam restore historic ties?

As Kim and Trump meet in Hanoi, can the DPRK and Vietnam restore historic ties?

Once close friends, history and attitudes towards reform have seen the two drift apart

As Kim and Trump meet in Hanoi, can the DPRK and Vietnam restore historic ties?
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov February 25, 2019
Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam for second summit with Trump

Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam for second summit with Trump

Visit is third by DPRK leader to Vietnam in history

Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam for second summit with Trump
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji February 25, 2019
Sri Lanka has “begun” implementing UN resolutions on North Korea: FATF

Sri Lanka has “begun” implementing UN resolutions on North Korea: FATF

Sri Lanka was previously implicated in potential DPRK sanctions violations according to the PoE

Sri Lanka has “begun” implementing UN resolutions on North Korea: FATF
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne February 25, 2019
Bilateral U.S.-DPRK end-of-war agreement at summit would be “sufficient”: Seoul

Bilateral U.S.-DPRK end-of-war agreement at summit would be “sufficient”: Seoul

But bilateral declaration only an "entry" to more complex peace treaty, the Blue House says

Bilateral U.S.-DPRK end-of-war agreement at summit would be “sufficient”: Seoul
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji February 25, 2019
Kim Jong Un’s bodyguards arrive in Hanoi on Air Koryo IL-76 cargo plane

Kim Jong Un’s bodyguards arrive in Hanoi on Air Koryo IL-76 cargo plane

IL-76 seen transporting Kim Jong Un's limousine to two summits last year spotted in Hanoi

Kim Jong Un’s bodyguards arrive in Hanoi on Air Koryo IL-76 cargo plane
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 24, 2019
Like father, like son: a train journey across Siberia with Kim Jong Il

Like father, like son: a train journey across Siberia with Kim Jong Il

Former Russian diplomat Georgy Toloraya remembers the late leader's long-distance rail travel

Like father, like son: a train journey across Siberia with Kim Jong Il
Georgy Toloraya
Georgy Toloraya February 24, 2019
Some sanctions negotiable in exchange for “big steps” from N. Korea: Pompeo

Some sanctions negotiable in exchange for “big steps” from N. Korea: Pompeo

Secretary of State reiterates goal of "reducing threat" from DPRK's nukes

Some sanctions negotiable in exchange for “big steps” from N. Korea: Pompeo
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 24, 2019