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12:23, 10-Jun-2018
DPRK leader's private jet departs Pyongyang for Singapore: Yonhap
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un's private jet departed from Pyongyang on Sunday heading for Singapore, Yonhap News Agency reported without providing further details.
A different cargo plane which accompanied Kim Jong Un on his recent visit to China also departed Pyongyang and likely headed for Singapore on Sunday, ahead of Kim's summit with US President Donald Trump on June 12.
Kim is due to meet Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the city-state later on Sunday, Singapore's ministry of foreign affairs said.
Trump will meet with Lee on Monday. He is scheduled to arrive at Singapore's Paya Lebar Airbase at 8:35 p.m. on Sunday and go to the Shangri-La Hotel, according to the White House.
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the Canadian Forces Base Bagotville in La Baie, Quebec after leaving the G7 summit on June 9, 2018. /Reuters Photo
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the Canadian Forces Base Bagotville in La Baie, Quebec after leaving the G7 summit on June 9, 2018. /Reuters Photo
His delegation on board Air Force One includes Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.
(With inputs from Yonhap News Agency and Reuters)