North Korean state media released gushing reports of Kim Jong Un's meeting Sunday in the Demilitarized Zone with U.S. President Donald Trump, as the regime sought to use another history-making meeting with the U.S. leader to validate its policy decisions.
The front page of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, published by North Korea's ruling party, was dominated by a seven-photo splash of Trump making the first entry of any sitting U.S. president into North Korea, while the country's main KCNA news agency said the meeting marked a "dramatic turn" of events.
Kim has not been able to win relief from sanctions choking his country's paltry economy after starting his historic meetings with the U.S. president last year in Singapore. At their hourlong DMZ meeting Sunday, Kim and Trump agreed to resume talks and said working-level officials from the two countries will soon start discussions on the details of a disarmament deal.