Kim Jong-un Returns Home

By Lee Min-hyung

returned home Tuesday after ending his failed summit with US President Donald Trump and other diplomatic appointments in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.

According to the North's Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim's private train arrived in Pyongyang at around 3 am Tuesday.

It took about 60 hours for Kim to arrive in the North's capital after he left Dong Dang train station in Vietnam, Saturday.

Some critics predicted the young dictator would visit Beijing for another summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping en route to Pyongyang.

But Kim did not make any stops on his way home.

'A crowd of people were waiting for Kim's arrival to celebrate his successful summit with the US and Vietnam,' the KCNA said.

Kim also responded by delivering a warm-hearted greeting to the people of the North upon his arrival in Pyongyang, the regime's state-run media reported.

It went on to speak highly of Kim's latest overseas trip by saying: 'Kim leads the global politics due to his outstanding diplomatic ability.

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This ended his 10-day-long trip to Vietnam Kim departed for Hanoi on Feb. 23 by traversing China via train.

Kim's every move has since made global headlines, as the trip was for the second landmark summit with Trump.

Expectations were that Trump and Kim might sign at least a 'small deal' in their talks on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula This was because the second summit was arranged to resolve their months-long deadlock on the...