{
  "id": 1184024,
  "title": "Trump posts photo with NK leader Kim, says they 'get along great'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/trump-posts-photo-with-nk-leader-kim-says-they-get-along-great-1184024",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T03:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260816/trump-posts-photo-with-nk-leader-kim-says-they-get-along-great"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. President Donald Trump shared a photo on social media from a 2019 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Panmunjom border village. In the caption, Trump declared that he and Kim \"get along great.\" This announcement comes amid the White House's assertion that Trump is open to dialogue with Kim, without any preconditions, although the likelihood of a meeting remains unclear due to escalating economic, diplomatic, and military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Despite the serious expression in the specific photo, Trump wrote on Truth Social, \"Kim Jong Un and I get along GREAT!\" Trump had three face-to-face meetings with Kim during his presidency: the first in Singapore in June 2018, the second in Hanoi in February 2019, and the third in Panmunjom in June 2019. The third encounter drew global attention as Trump briefly set foot on North Korean territory after crossing the Military Demarcation Line with Kim, marking the first time a U.S. president had done so. In June, Trump also posted on Truth Social about a prior meeting with Kim.",
  "summary": "U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday posted a photo of him meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom in 2019 on social media, repeating his claim that he and Kim \"get along great.\" The posting came as the White House has repeatedly said that Trump remains open to dialogue with Kim \"without any preconditions\" although it remains uncertain whether…",
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