North korean leader kim jong-un has arrived in singapore for his scheduled summit meeting with us president donald trump.
The historic meeting between the two leaders will take region at the island resort of sentosa on tuesday.
It is the primary time a north korean chief has met a sitting us president.
Before setting off, mr trump defined the summit as a "one-time shot" at peace and stated the 2 had been in "unknown territory inside the truest sense".
Singapore's minister for overseas affairs vivian balakrishnan tweeted a image of mr kim after he touched down in the island nation.
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Washington hopes the summit will kick-start a process that ultimately sees mr kim surrender his nuclear guns.
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The two leaders have had an fantastic up-and-down dating over the past 18 months, buying and selling insults and perilous battle before changing tack and shifting towards a face-to-face meeting.
Each leaders will meet singapore's high minister lee hsien loong before their summit.
