Trump and Kim set to meet in Singapore

ISLAND NATION TO HOST SUMMIT

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has said he will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.

The president tweeted: “We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!”

Mr Trump provided details for the first time about the historymaking meeting between a sitting American president and the leader of North Korea over denuclearisation. He had said he favoured holding the meeting at the Demilitarised Zone, the heavily fortified border separating the Koreas.

But the island nation was favoured by most of his advisers.

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has travelled to Pyongyang twice to meet with Mr Kim in recent months, in a precursor to the Trump-Kim meeting.

Mr Pompeo returned with three captive Americans during his most recent trip.

With the final details in place, Mr Trump and Mr Kim will meet in the first North Korea-US summit talks since the end of the 195053 Korean War.

Mr Kim has suspended nuclear and missile tests and put his nuclear programme up for negotiation, but questions remain about how serious his offer is.

Mr Trump thanked Mr Kim for releasing the Americans and said he believes the North Korean leader wants to reach an agreement on denuclearisation at their upcoming summit.