North Korea leader Kim scheduled to leave Singapore 2pm on Tuesday: Source

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump at 9 am local time on June 12, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to depart Singapore at 2 pm local time on Tuesday (June 12), a source who is involved in the planning of his visit to the city-state for a summit with US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (June 10).

The Tuesday departure plan is tentative, the source said asking for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

Kim is scheduled to meet Trump at 9 am local time on Tuesday to talk about ending his country's nuclear programme and transforming the isolated state which has been under harsh international sanctions for its defiant arms programme.

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