Donald Trump gets first look at North Korea ahead of meeting with Kim Jong Un
The US president was shown some landmarks from an observation post in the Korean Demilitarised Zone.
President Donald Trump has had his first glimpse of North Korea from an observation post in the Korean Demilitarised Zone.
Mr Trump, wearing a suit, was shown various landmarks as he stands on top of Observation Post Ouellette.
It was his first stop on his first visit to the border between the North and the South, which will include another face-to-face meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
His last attempted visit was thwarted by bad weather.
Mr Trump told reporters at a news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he and Mr Kim will “just shake hands quickly and say hello” at the historic meeting at the Korean border village.
Mr Trump on Saturday invited Mr Kim to meet him at the border for a symbolic handshake.
He expressed openness to briefly crossing into North Korean territory if Mr Kim accepted.
The two men have already met in summits in Singapore and Vietnam.
Every president since Ronald Reagan has visited the 1953 armistice line, except for George H.W. Bush, who visited as vice president.
Mr Moon praised the two leaders for “being so brave” to hold the meeting and said: “I hope President Trump will go down in history as the president who achieves peace on Korean Peninsula.”
“Virtually a handshake, but that’s OK. A handshake means a lot,” he said.
His comments followed hours after Mr Trump asked for Mr Kim to meet him there.
“If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!” he tweeted.
