Singapore Likely Summit Venue After North Korea Releases Prisoners

Singapore Likely Summit Venue After North Korea Releases Prisoners
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WASHINGTON/SEOUL—Singapore is the most likely venue for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a U.S. official said, after Pyongyang cleared a major obstacle to the meeting with the release of three American prisoners.

The three prisoners, freed after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Kim in the North Korean capital, were flying back to Washington where Trump said he planned to meet them early on Thursday.