North Korea’s leader has grown more assertive since their last efforts at diplomacy ended in failure — and now has Russia at his side.

"I never expected to meet you at this place," said Kim to Trump. The US president had organised the last-minute rendezvous on Twitter, as it was then known, just 30 hours earlier when he suggested meeting Chairman Kim at the DMZ "just to shake his hand and say Hello (?

Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability.