Will the Singapore summit be the beginning of a new era?
US President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Tuesday.
Donald Trump has become the first US president to meet and shake hands with a North Korean leader.
After months of speculation and threats, Trump on Tuesday met Kim Jong-un on Singapore’s Sentosa island.
The two men held a 40-minute meeting, followed by a signing of a joint statement in which they agreed to the de-nuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
But it was a document vague in detail and lacking a timeframe.
So, what will the North Korean leader get in return for agreeing to “de-nuclearise”?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Scott Snyder – senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the programme on US-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations
Tai Wei Lim – adjunct research fellow for the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore
Victor Gao – director of the China National Association of International Studies