Trump and Kim to meet at Sentosa Island

The first meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting US president will take place at the five-star Capella Hotel on the Singaporean island of Sentosa on tuesday

ISLAND OF MANY NAMES

19th Century: Singapore established as British trading post. Sentosa called Pulau Blakang Mati, Malay for “island behind death” 1942: Singapore falls to Japanese after British colonial forces surrender. Renamed Syonan – “Light of the South” – it becomes prisoner-of-war camp for captured Allied troops Island’s beach is site of thousands of summary executions as ethnic Chinese community is purged of anti-Japanese element 1972: Island renamed Sentosa – “peace and tranquility” – as part of Singaporean government drive to turn it into tourist destination

10km 500m Marina Island only accessible via cable car, monorail, pedestrian causeway and vehicle tunnel Singapore Strait Capella Hotel