January 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet near the end of February for a second summit, despite evidence North Korea is advancing its nuclear weapons programme.

The White House announced the summit and timing after Trump met on Friday (Jan 18) with Kim Yong Chol, a top aide to the North Korean leader and a former spy chief.

Trump's decision to go ahead with another in-person meeting - further elevating Kim's global profile - underscores the president's confidence that his personal involvement and negotiating skills can change the behaviour of recalcitrant regimes in ways that traditional leverage and diplomacy, past US leaders and his own emissaries could not.

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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-to-hold-second-summit-with-kim-jong-un-in-february