Kim Jong-un arrives in Vietnam after 65-hour train ride to meet with Trump
- 5 years ago
After weeks of buildup,... Vietnamese officials, citizens and hordes of foreign journalists had been eagerly awaiting this moment.
Kim Jong-un stepping out of his specially-armored train prior to his second summit with President Trump.
The host country made sure to roll out the red carpet on Tuesday at a railway station close to Vietnam's border with China.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency says Kim will stay in Vietnam until March 2nd, before setting off again.
Cha Sang-mi reports.
After a 65 hour train-ride across China, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday,... a day ahead of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
This comes... eight months after their first, landmark meeting in Singapore last June.
Kim was welcomed by hundreds of Vietnamese officials, soldiers, locals, and international media on the red carpet... laid out at Dong Dang railway station on the China-Vietnam border at 8:15 a.m. local time.
The security was high at the station, with Vietnamese troops and sniffer dogs patrolling the area.
The locals waved North Korean and Vietnamese flags as Kim got out of the train with his top delegates,... including his sister Kim Yo-jong and his top nuclear negotiator Kim Yong-chol.
Soon after he shook hands with officials, smiling,... Kim hopped into a limousine which drove three hours to take him to his hotel in Hanoi.
Kim's bodyguards, a dozen tall men in black suits and short haircuts,... ran along the car as it drove away,... a scene we saw at the first inter-Korean summit last year.
Analysts say that for now,... the North Korean leader appears eager to continue breaking out of his isolationism on the international image.
"He has again successfully demonstrated that he is an important leader of a country that matters for the United States and that his image has been laundered successfully from a pariah leader to one which is increasingly acceptable to the international community."
He arrived at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi's diplomatic district at 11:00 a.m. local time, and is reportedly getting some rest before his hectic schedule on Wednesday.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
Kim Jong-un stepping out of his specially-armored train prior to his second summit with President Trump.
The host country made sure to roll out the red carpet on Tuesday at a railway station close to Vietnam's border with China.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency says Kim will stay in Vietnam until March 2nd, before setting off again.
Cha Sang-mi reports.
After a 65 hour train-ride across China, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday,... a day ahead of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
This comes... eight months after their first, landmark meeting in Singapore last June.
Kim was welcomed by hundreds of Vietnamese officials, soldiers, locals, and international media on the red carpet... laid out at Dong Dang railway station on the China-Vietnam border at 8:15 a.m. local time.
The security was high at the station, with Vietnamese troops and sniffer dogs patrolling the area.
The locals waved North Korean and Vietnamese flags as Kim got out of the train with his top delegates,... including his sister Kim Yo-jong and his top nuclear negotiator Kim Yong-chol.
Soon after he shook hands with officials, smiling,... Kim hopped into a limousine which drove three hours to take him to his hotel in Hanoi.
Kim's bodyguards, a dozen tall men in black suits and short haircuts,... ran along the car as it drove away,... a scene we saw at the first inter-Korean summit last year.
Analysts say that for now,... the North Korean leader appears eager to continue breaking out of his isolationism on the international image.
"He has again successfully demonstrated that he is an important leader of a country that matters for the United States and that his image has been laundered successfully from a pariah leader to one which is increasingly acceptable to the international community."
He arrived at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi's diplomatic district at 11:00 a.m. local time, and is reportedly getting some rest before his hectic schedule on Wednesday.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.