Official North Korean media tell nation summit is on

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) meets with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) at the Istana or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

SINGAPORE — North Korea’s official media have reported that leader Kim Jong Un is in Singapore to meet President Donald Trump to discuss how to forge a new relationship.

The first word Kim is in Singapore for Tuesday’s summit came early Monday morning. Though North Koreans have been left largely in the dark about the summit, the reports of his arrival came relatively quickly by North Korean standards.

A dispatch by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim and Trump will exchange “wide-ranging and profound views” on establishing a new relationship, the issue of building a “permanent and durable peace mechanism,” and realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The report noted the summit is being held “under the great attention and expectation of the whole world.”                        /kga