Singapore police have arrested two South Korean journalists who are accused of trespassing in the home of the North Korean ambassador ahead of next week’s Trump-Kim summit.
Police said they were called to the residence on Thursday afternoon.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will land in Singapore on Sunday, Reuters quoted a source as
saying. Mr Trump has said he will consider inviting Mr Kim to the White House if the Singapore meeting goes well.
The US president is also due to arrive in Singapore on Sunday. The US and its regional allies want to see North Korea give up its nuclear weapons but Mr Trump has acknowledged that it “will take longer” than one meeting to realise that goal.
Singapore police said on Facebook that two South Koreans aged 42 and 45 working for South Korean broadcaster KBS had been arrested. Two other South Koreans are under investigation.
About 3,000 journalists are expected in Singapore to cover the summit.
Meanwhile a Mr Kim lookalike said he had been questioned on arrival in Singapore.
The Hong Kong-based impersonator calling himself Howard X said on Facebook that he was questioned for two hours by immigration officials.
“They search my bags and then told me that this is a very sensitive time to be in Singapore and that I should stay away from the Sentosa Island as well as the Shangri-La hotel in town,” Howard X said.
Mr Trump has previously had a policy of placing “maximum pressure” on North Korea to force it to change course.
But on Thursday he said he did not want to use the term any more “because we’re going into a friendly negotiation”, although he warned he had more sanctions he could use.
