- Title: Asian media bulletins on Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi
- Date: 1st March 2019
- Summary: MORADABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (MARCH 1, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) MAN SETTING OFF FLARE, SECOND MAN WAVING INDIAN FLAG, PEOPLE CHANTING FLARE GOING OFF AS PEOPLE CHEER NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 1, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NEW DELHI RESIDENT, MANDEEP SINGH, SAYING: "He is coming back to India after 48 hours. The entire country is happy. We consider th
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- Keywords: Global Times newspaper Trump CCTV KCNA KRT South Korea Hanoi summit North Korea Kim
- Location: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA/ SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ BEIJING, CHINA / HANOI, VIETNAM/ INTERNET / TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA/ SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ BEIJING, CHINA / HANOI, VIETNAM/ INTERNET / TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Various
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
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- Story Text: News of the collapse of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over sanctions dominated media outlets across Asia on Friday (March 1).
North Korean state media on Friday brushed over the lack of a summit deal for leader Kim and Trump, focusing on constructive talks and signalling Pyongyang was not about to walk away from negotiations.
State-run television KRT said their leader Kim and Trump "decided to continue productive talks" in resolving the impasse that caused the summit to fail to produce a deal. State news agency KCNA posted photographs of the summit on their website and hailed how the meeting has been "meaningful" in establishing trust.
Media in South Korea and U.S. ally Japan focused on the breakdown of the talks. Many pundits in Japan, often the target of North Korean threats, had been worried Trump would agree a deal that left the former Korean colonial power exposed to Pyongyang's nuclear threat.
In China, a close ally of North Korea, its state broadcaster CCTV quoted KCNA on how "the two sides exchanged views honestly and openly", while newspapers, including a widely read Chinese tabloid, the Global Times, published by the ruling Communist Party's People's Daily, featured the "unexpected" end of the summit in their headlines.
In Vietnam, state broadcaster VTV, who also played host broadcaster for the summit, struck a more positive tone, focusing on how the two leaders have thanked Hanoi for "generously" hosting the summit, which has greatly boosted the country's image around the world.
The two-day summit on Wednesday (February 27) and Thursday (February 28) was cut short after the two sides failed to reach a deal on the extent of sanctions relief North Korea would get in exchange for steps to give up its nuclear programme.
The two sides gave conflicting accounts of what happened, raising questions about the future of their denuclearisation negotiations.
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