The meeting Tuesday between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump was remarkable. Only months ago, the North Korean leader was firing intercontinental ballistic missiles and testing nuclear weapons, presumably the intended payload. And for his part, the US president was lobbing insults and threats that escalated tensions around the Korean Peninsula and the world.

Then there was a dramatic turn of events that started with the “peace” Olympics, followed by the two meetings between the North Korean leader and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, and finally earlier this week with the first-ever summit with a sitting US president. The day ended with a signing of a document that promises peace and denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

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