North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had every reason to grin from ear to ear when he was in Singapore given the way experts and media hailed him the "winner" at the summit with United States President Donald Trump.
The Chairman of the State Affairs Commission gave away nothing new but got Mr Trump's signature in an agreement promising US security guarantees and new bilateral ties.
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