North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore — local media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Singapore ahead of a summit with US President Donald Trump. 

The North Korean leader shook hands with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan shortly after arriving at Singapore's Chagi airport. Trump is set to arrive in the city-state later on Sunday.4

Balakrishnan posted a picture of himself shaking hands with Kim on Twitter.

Singaporean media reported that he had arrived at 2.38 p.m. local time (0738 UTC) on Sunday.

Kim and his delegation arrived aboard an Air China 747, according to Singapore's Straits Times. 

Trump was headed to the meeting aboard Air Force One after a dramatic departure from the G7 summit in Canada.

A large limousine with tinted windows and a Korea flag was later seen leaving the airport.

The summit has caught the attention of the global media, with some 3,000 journalists in Singapore.

The two men are set to meet for a historic summit on Tuesday where they will focus on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for the easing of both economic and diplomatic sanctions.

Any deal would likely depend on North Korea's willingness to open its facilities for inspection.

Authorities have imposed tight security around the venue of the summit on Singapore's Sentosa Island, where the two leaders are set to meet at a coastal luxury hotel.

Source: Dw