Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil in a historic first Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in a moment of high diplomatic drama on the world's last Cold War frontier.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (3rd L), South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (3rd R) and US President Donald Trump (C) walk in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (3rd L), South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (3rd R) and US President Donald Trump (C) walk in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil in a historic first Sunday as he met Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un in a moment of high diplomatic drama on the world’s last Cold War frontier.
Moments after becoming the only sitting US president to set foot inside North Korea, Trump brought Kim back over the dividing line for a meeting where they agreed to start working-level talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.
Trump, 73, also said he had invited 35-year-old Kim to the White House “anytime he wants to do it”.
As they sat down for discussions, Kim said their “handshake of peace” in a location that was “the symbol of the division of north and south” showed that “we are willing to put the past behind us”.
The impromptu meeting in the DMZ — after Trump issued an invitation on Twitter the day before — came with negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington at a deadlock.
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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One to depart South Korea in Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (3rd L), South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (3rd R) and US President Donald Trump (C) walk in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks to military personnel and their families stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base, south of Seoul. Ed JONES / POOL / AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands beside an A-10 Warthog close air support aircraft as US President Donald Trump meets US troops and their families stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Advisor to the US President Ivanka Trump meets US troops and their families stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Advisor to the US President Ivanka Trump meets US troops stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
US President Donald Trump meets US troops and their families stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump walk together south of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
