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Trump Meets Kim at DMZ, Crosses Into North Korea

William Gallo

   SEOUL - Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to visit
   North Korea, stepping across the border during a meeting at the
   demilitarized zone with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

   After shaking hands with Kim at the Panmunjom border village, Trump
   walked across the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas.
   Kim and Trump then crossed the border back into South Korea.

   "Good to see you again," Kim told Trump. "I never expected to see you
   in this place."

   "Stepping across that line was a great honor," said Trump, who invited
   Kim to the United States for another meeting.

   Trump on Saturday had said the meeting would only last two minutes.
   However, Trump's private talks with Kim lasted about 50 minutes,
   turning into an impromptu summit.

   When Trump emerged from the meeting, he announced he and Kim had agreed
   to form teams to restart working level talks.

   "They will meet over the next few weeks and they're going to start a
   process and we'll see what happens," Trump said. "Speed is not the
   object...we want a really comprehensive, good deal."

   It is the third meeting between Kim and Trump, following meetings in
   Singapore last June and in Vietnam in February. Though the DMZ summit
   raises hopes of revived nuclear talks, it's not clear how much progress
   was made.

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