In photos: US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim in historic second meeting
This picture from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on February 27, 2019 and released on February 28, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and US President Donald Trump sitting for a dinner in Hanoi. – The leaders met for an intimate “social dinner” after a handshake and some brief remarks at the historic Metropole Hotel in the communist capital on February 27, their second face-to-face following the historic summit in Singapore last June. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)This picture from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on February 27, 2019 and released on February 28, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and US President Donald Trump walking in Hanoi. – The leaders met for an intimate “social dinner” after a handshake and some brief remarks at the historic Metropole Hotel in the communist capital on February 27, their second face-to-face following the historic summit in Singapore last June. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)This picture from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on February 27, 2019 and released on February 28, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) meeting with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi. – The leaders met for an intimate “social dinner” after a handshake and some brief remarks at the historic Metropole Hotel in the communist capital on February 27, their second face-to-face following the historic summit in Singapore last June. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)This picture from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on February 27, 2019 and released on February 28, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (3rd R) and US President Donald Trump (2nd R) sitting with others for a dinner in Hanoi. – The leaders met for an intimate “social dinner” after a handshake and some brief remarks at the historic Metropole Hotel in the communist capital on February 27, their second face-to-face following the historic summit in Singapore last June. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
These images showed US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their second historic meeting on denuclearization in Vietnam on Thursday, February 27.
In Hanoi, the two leaders talked comfortably and warmly, clasping hands and appearing to share jokes as reporters shouted questions.
Trump described Kim as a “great leader” and said his country had “tremendous economic potential, unbelievable, unlimited” as he vowed to “help” North Korea achieve those goals.
In return, Kim appeared to have been counting the days until he saw Trump again.
“We came all the way to Hanoi to meet again, 261 days later,” he told the US president, vowing to do his best to ensure a “great outcome” from the talks.
The pair then enjoyed an intimate dinner with just their closest aides and again beamed for the camera, Trump touting their “special relationship”.
They had a “candid and honest dialogue” during their one-on-one meeting, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said Thursday.
And over dinner, it added, “sincere and deep opinions were exchanged with a view to making comprehensive and epoch-making results”.