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Three takeaways

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‘K-Chemistry’

:Inan unscripted moment, Kim grabbed Moon’s hand and led him over the border to the North before they returned hand-in-hand, in an image that will provide the lasting memory of the summit.

Transport troubles up North:

In an admission that not everything is rosy on the northern side of the border, Kim said its transport infrastruc­ture might make a trip by Moon to visit the scenic and culturally significan­t Mount Paektu “uncomforta­ble”. Moon replied the two nations should link up their train systems.

Style not substance?

Despite the sunny optics of the summit, some questioned whether there had been a great deal of progress on the key issues, ahead of a likely summit showdown between Kim and US President Donald Trump. Despite a written declaratio­n pledging denucleari­sation of the Korean peninsula, Kim made no reference to it.

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