DPRK leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore for summit: foreign ministry

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had arrived in Singapore, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Sunday in a message on Twitter. 

This photo captured from the Facebook of Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on June 10, 2018, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) welcomed by the minister upon arriving at Changi Airport in Singapore. Kim is visiting the island country to hold a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on June 12. [Photo: VCG/Yonhap]

"Welcomed Chairman Kim Jong Un, who has just arrived in Singapore," the foreign minister said in the message.

Kim is here for the summit with U.S. President Donald Trump which will be held on Tuesday. 

The U.S. president is expected to arrive in Singapore on Sunday evening.