Seoul: In Hanoi, North Korea's state media aired a lengthy feature on Kim Jong Un's diplomatic bromance with US President Donald Trump but did not mention that the second summit ended without a deal. The talks between Trump and Kim last week finished abruptly after the pair failed to reach an agreement on walking back North Korea's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.
However, in the aftermath, each sought to blame the other's intransigence, with Trump insisting that Pyongyang demanded an end to all sanctions while the North claimed it had only wanted some of the measures eased. Following the stalemate, researchers said this week that Pyongyang was rebuilding the Sohae long-range rocket site after Kim had agreed last year to shutter it as part of confidence-building measures.
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TO be noted that , a 10-minute clip displayed the unlikely amity between Trump and Kim -- a sequel to their first encounter in Singapore last June -- exchanging warm smiles and handshakes as they took a poolside stroll around the gardens of the luxury Metropole Hotel, the venue of the summit. The meeting had reaffirmed that the US and North Korea can overcome their seven decades of hostility, KCTV said, and "open a new future" if they come to negotiations with "a fair proposal".
The feature showed Kim, puffing a cigarette, holding a late-night meeting at his hotel with his aides on the eve of his summit with the US president.The documentary showed Kim's 11-day trip to Hanoi in chronological order, from his departure at Pyongyang train station to his early morning return to a cheering crowd.
It also featured Kim's official visit to Hanoi -- from March 1 to 2 -- including old clips of meetings between his late grandfather, North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, and Vietnam's independence hero Ho Chi Minh in 1958 and 1964 to highlight the countries' decades-old friendship.
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