North Korean leader tours Singapore on eve of summit with Trump

Surrounded by his bodyguards, Kim Jong-un visits Esplanade in Singapore on June 11. Yonhap

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took a nighttime tour of Singapore’s waterfront area on Monday, the eve of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.

After leaving St. Regis Hotel at 9:10 p.m., Kim visited the city-state’s tourist attractions, including Gardens by the Bay and the Marina Bay Sands integrated resorts.

The Straits Times posted a photo in which Kim posed with Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.

The car carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un leaves St. Regis Hotel in Singapore, where he stays during his visit to the city-state, in the night of eve of the Pyongyang-Washington summit. Yonhap

Kim was also expected to visit the MBS SkyPark or the nearby Merlion Park, it added.

Kim arrived in the Southeast Asian state on Sunday for the historic encounter with Trump at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island on Tuesday.

Except for talks with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday evening, Kim had not stepped out of St Regis hotel. (Yonhap)

Kim Jong-un, center, poses for a selfie with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, left, at Gardens by the Bay in the city-state on June 11. The minister posted the photo on his Facebook. Capture from Facebook

Source:.koreatimes.co.kr