Josh Doyle

Many peo­ple in South Ko­rea have nev­er for­giv­en Japan for wartime atroc­i­ties, re­sult­ing in pe­ri­od­ic trade dis­putes.

North Ko­re­an leader award­ed him­self a new ti­tle re­cent­ly. But the view from Seoul is not that en­cour­ag­ing

South Ko­re­an pres­i­dent to hold talks with Trump while North Ko­rea looks for sup­port in the re­gion.

Some an­a­lysts say Don­ald Trump’s di­ver­gent mes­sages on Twit­ter are keep­ing diplo­ma­cy with North Ko­rea alive.

The US-Chi­na trade dis­pute has giv­en Viet­nam growth op­por­tu­ni­ties but it still has to over­come key chal­lenges.

If con­firmed, choice of Viet­nam as venue will be seen as a high­ly sym­bol­ic move, with some­thing to of­fer both sides.

Ahead of US-North Ko­rea sum­mit, an­a­lysts say lat­est dis­pute be­tween neigh­bours threat­ens del­i­cate re­gion­al dy­nam­ics.

Sud­den vis­it to Bei­jing re­minder that Py­ongyang has oth­er op­tions if rap­proche­ment with Wash­ing­ton fails, an­a­lysts say.

With Trump vow­ing full de­nu­cleari­sa­tion and Kim cling­ing to nu­clear arms, real progress re­lies on will to com­pro­mise.