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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam for summit with Trump

2019-02-26 11:09:38       source:Straits Times

February 26, 2019


DONG DANG, Vietnam (AFP, REUTERS) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s train arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday (Feb 26) ahead of his second summit with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi.


The olive green train pulled into Vietnam’s Dong Dang station after a marathon 4,000km (2,500 mile), two-and-a-half day journey across China from Pyongyang.


Schoolchildren waving North Korean flags and a military guard of honour in pristine white uniforms greeted Mr Kim, the first North Korean leader to visit Vietnam since his grandfather Kim Il Sung in 1964.


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