Kim’s big night out: North Korean leader goes sightseeing in Singapore
The young leader spends an evening on the town with just hours to go before his landmark meeting with Donald Trump
In the end, it was a walk in the park. No, not the historic summit meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday but a decision by Kim to take a break from preparations for the landmark session and go on a night tour of Singapore.
Kim and his entourage descended on the Gardens by the Bay, a sprawling mass of flora and fauna and man-made “super trees” – structures of steel and greenery – taking in the cool, balmy weather and glittering city lights
He left his hotel just after 9pm amid a media frenzy and a last-minute lockdown of several roads. With less than 12 hours to go before his scheduled 9am meeting with Trump, Kim emerged from the lift of the St Regis Hotel and walked straight out to his car.
Dressed in his signature dark Mao suit, he was surrounded by dozens of his black-suited bodyguards who ran by his car for a short distance in what appears to be a standard practice for Kim.
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The large convoy stopped traffic along several downtown roads. Reporters and clients in the lobby were banned from taking photos or even holding mobile phones in their hands.
