Trump-Kim: No great shakes?
The denuclearisation treaty signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is very short on detail
You’ve got to hand it to US president Donald Trump. On Tuesday he met with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and a few hours later signed a "comprehensive" document that is said to be the start of the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. At the signing ceremony, which took place after the meeting at the Capella Hotel on Singapore’s Sentosa island, Trump appeared almost statesmanlike. "So we’re signing a very important document, a pretty comprehensive document," he said, taking a seat next to Kim. The North Korean leader responded: "Today, we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind and we are about to sign a historic document. The world will see a major change." The document they signed had four points: a deal to establish "new US-[North Korea] relations"; a joint effort to "build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula"; a commitment to "work towards" denuclearisation of the peninsula; and the repatriation of the remains of those who died in the Ko...
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