Kim Jong-un has got what he wanted from his meeting with Donald Trump.
The Singapore summit was the first time a sitting US president and a North Korean leader have ever met face to face.
Kim committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Columbia University Korea expert, Charles Armstrong, told Mike Hosking in return, he got the recognition his country has always craved.
"The North Koreans have wanted to be recognised as equal partners by the US for decades and now he has done that he can bring that home."
LISTEN ABOVE AS CHARLES ARMSTRONG SPEAKS WITH MIKE HOSKING
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