Such cohabitation was never going to work for the North Korean security apparatus, which is not accustomed to dealing with inquisitive journalists. Their Vietnamese hosts will put on entertainment, possibly in the French colonial-era opera house in central Hanoi. Like his father, Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader tends to avoid air travel, apparently for security reasons. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Kim Jong-un arrives in the Vietnamese border town of Dong Dang. The 100-mile stretch of road was closed to other traffic for most of the day, as was the centre of Hanoi for Kim’s arrival.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2019 13:24 UTC