SEOUL - Singapore can continue to play a constructive role after hosting the historic United States-North Korea summit and has strengths that "will be of great help in materialising" the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said this week.

In a written interview with The Straits Times as he began his first state visit to Singapore, Mr Moon stressed the importance of building trust on all sides and sought "close cooperation" with Singapore and other countries in the international community to maintain the dialogue momentum and implement the agreements made among the leaders.