Trump, North Korea's Kim end Vietnam summit with no agreement

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump look on during the extended bilateral meeting in the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-US summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 28, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula at their summit in Vietnam on Thursday, the White House said.

Earlier, both Trump and Kim had expressed hope for progress on improving relations and on the key issue of denuclearisation, in their talks in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.