{"id":4811,"date":"2018-09-12T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T04:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2018-09-12T14:01:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T04:01:53","slug":"since-singapore-summit-kim-jong-un-is-one-up-on-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/since-singapore-summit-kim-jong-un-is-one-up-on-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Since Singapore summit, Kim Jong-un is one up on Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost three months to the day since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/news\/world\/asia\/the-singapore-summit-was-all-about-ending-the-war-20180612-h11ad3\">the Singapore summit<\/a>\u00a0between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump, the White House has confirmed it is considering a request from Pyongyang for a second summit, this time possibly in Washington. But before looking ahead to what that might look like, observers would be advised to reflect on what the first summit achieved.<\/p>\n<p>In their\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/joint-statement-president-donald-j-trump-united-states-america-chairman-kim-jong-un-democratic-peoples-republic-korea-singapore-summit\/\">joint statement<\/a>, the US and North Korea endorsed the Singapore summit as &#8220;an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and opening up a new future&#8221;, so it&#8217;s timely to review how far we&#8217;ve come since June. Is there greater cause for optimism about security on the Korean Peninsula? Is North Korea more likely to roll back its nuclear program?<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/opinion\/columnists\/since-singapore-summit-kim-jongun-is-one-up-on-donald-trump-20180911-h157vm?btis\">Since Singapore summit, Kim Jong-un is one up on Donald Trump<\/a>&#8221; article published at the Financial Review, written by Griffith Asia Institute member, Professor Andrew O&#8217;Neil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost three months to the day since\u00a0the Singapore summit\u00a0between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump, the White House has confirmed it is considering a request from Pyongyang for a second summit, this time possibly in Washington. 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