Reaction: Donald Trump strides into North Korea and history books

Analysts divided over significance of Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un shake hands before a meeting in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in June
(Image credit: Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Donald Trump has become the first serving American president to cross the border into North Korea, after meeting Kim Jong Un in the area dividing the two Koreas.

The two countries agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks after Trump and the North Korean leader posed for handshakes and talked for nearly an hour in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone.

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