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U.S. President Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil as he met Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula.
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It is a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.
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Significant milestone: Mr. Trump walked for several steps into North Korean territory by walk over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the Koreas.
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Another initiative by U.S to solve impasse: Mr. Trump issued an invitation on Twitter- comes with negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington over the North’s nuclear arsenal at a deadlock.
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Earlier meetings: Their first summit took place in a blaze of publicity in Singapore last year but produced a vaguely-worded pledge about denuclearisation, and a second meeting in Vietnam in February ends up without agreement.
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The Hindu