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Today, Explained

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un made history today. Or did they? NPR’s Elise Hu was there. She explains what happened and what didn’t. Plus, The New Yorker’s Robin Wright recounts United States summit history. She says there are two keys to a successful summit, and Singapore's meeting lacked both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.7

Elise Hugh Solbeiro chief for MPR the Singapore summit actually happened you were there

0:50.8

Yeah, it happened. I mean obviously we had some back and forth

0:55.2

The optics of it

0:56.7

Included a lot of flags a lot of alternating US and North Korean flags the two leaders walked out in front of those flags from opposite sides

1:06.4

of a corridor and then met in the middle in front of the flag backdrop and shook hands

1:11.3

They held that handshake for about 13 seconds and then they turned to the cameras and then walked together to a corridor

1:18.4

To begin a one-on-one meeting that lasted for about 45 minutes with only the two leaders plus their

1:24.0

interpreters and then that expanded

1:28.0

One of those face-to-face meetings with the North Koreans on one side and the US delegation on the other side

1:36.3

The US delegation had a secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Trump's one side an interpreter on Trump's other side and then chief of step John

1:45.2

Kelly on one end and national security advisor John Bolton on the other end at the end of the summit the two leaders sat down

1:53.8

next to one another and signed a joint agreement the agreements only a page and a half long very short on specifics

2:02.1

But has some top-line pledges that North Korea signed on to with the US president

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