Kim crosses China border city on way to Vietnam

FE Team | Published: February 25, 2019 00:09:38

BEIJING, Feb 24 (BBC): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed for Hanoi by train for talks with US President Donald Trump.
He arrived at the Chinese border city of Dandong after 21:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday.
The much anticipated second US-North Korea summit is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in the Vietnamese capital.
It follows a historic first round of talks last year in Singapore. All eyes will be on what if any progress is made towards "denuclearisation".
The departure, confirmed by North Korean state media, is the first official acknowledgement that the talks are taking place.
The state media report said Mr Kim would pay a "goodwill" visit to Vietnam as part of the trip.
He is thought to be travelling with his sister Kim Yo Jong and one of his key negotiators, former General Kim Yong Chol.
"We fell in love," Mr Trump told a rally last September of Mr Kim. "He wrote me beautiful letters."
Despite the flowery words, the months following the first summit last June were characterised by frosty and sparse contact.
This meeting is expected to build on the groundwork of that meeting and address the thorny issue of denuclearisation, where experts say little progress has been made.