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20:05, 26-Feb-2019
Kim receives working-level report ahead of second summit with Trump
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10:21, 27-Feb-2019
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) official media agency KCNA reported on Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Un has received a report from working-level negotiators ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
They also reported that Kim is expected to "pay an official goodwill visit" to Vietnam on Friday and Saturday after his two-day summit that starts Wednesday.
Kim arrived in Hanoi by car after taking his personal train from Pyongyang to Vietnam's Dong Dang Station near the border with China earlier on Tuesday. The 4,000-kilometer journey took him more than two-and-a-half days.
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (C) arrives at the Dong Dang railway station in Dong Dang, Lang Son Province in Vietnam, February 26, 2019. /VCG Photo
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (C) arrives at the Dong Dang railway station in Dong Dang, Lang Son Province in Vietnam, February 26, 2019. /VCG Photo
Hours after his arrival on Tuesday afternoon, he visited his country's embassy in Hanoi, Yonhap reported.
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The Republic of Korea (ROK) media said Kim left for the DPRK embassy by car at around 5:03 p.m. and was seen disembarking from the car in front of the embassy's main gate alongside a team of bodyguards.
Kim and Trump are expected to hold their second summit on Wednesday and Thursday.
The two leaders will have a brief one-on-one conversation on Wednesday evening, followed by a dinner at which they will each be accompanied by two guests and interpreters, said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.
(CGTN's Han Peng contributed to this story.)