Kim-Trump summit making headlines around international media

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Now we take things to Singapore.
The leaders of North Korea and the U.S. have both departed what was once a media-hyped summit location of the city-state on Tuesday,... but the two leaders' meeting is still the hot topic for the day.
Our Lee Ji-won joins us live from Singapore.
Ji-won, how is the world reporting on this?

Ji-yoon, like you said, the two leaders' meeting is still making the headlines around the world.
But the international media all have different takes and highlights of the summit.
The Straits Times, a Singapore based English newspaper called the summit the 'First step on a long road to peace'.
It said that the two leaders signed a deal that promised Pyongyang's complete denuclearization of the peninsula while the U.S. would provide it with security guarantees.
CNN's main story was on Trump's military pullback and how it alarmed its allies, namely South Korea and Japan.
Now, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency looked more towards the future, saying that the summit heralds a thaw in Pyongyang-Washington ties.
It also contained Beijing's response to the summit where the State Councilor and Foreign Minister highlighted the significance of the summit, which China had long called for.
Japanese media, meanwhile focused on the abductee issue, that has been mentioned at the summit, according to Trump. They expressed hope in resolving the issue and how it is an important matter for Japan's Prime Minister, who is facing problems in his local politics.
The general consensus the media seemed to have is that although this surely is a step towards a new opening, the joint statement lacks details and has vague wordings.

Now Jiwon,... both leaders have left, we know Kim Jong-un should have arrived in Pyongyang,... but we have yet to receive any confirmation on Trump's touch-down in Washington.

Yes, in fact U.S. President Donald Trump,… even before landing in his home country,… tweeted about the summit with his North Korean counterpart this morning.
His tweet reads, "the world has taken a big step back from potential Nuclear catastrophe No more rocket launches, nuclear testing or research "
And he also thanked "Chairman Kim", saying their "day together was historic."
And as for the departures,... Semin, North Korea's Kim Jong-un left Singapore at around 11:20 PM yesterday,... and he is expected to have arrived in North Korea this morning.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump left about 30 minutes earlier than expected, at 6-thirty local time, on his Air Force One, from the Paya Lebar Airbase, just as he came into the city state.
On his plane, Trump talked with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at around 8-twenty to share the results of the Joint Statement with North Korea.
He is known to have stopped over at airbases in Guam and Hawaii to encourage U.S. forces and is expected to arrive at the White House sometime Wednesday morning.

Ji-won, you briefly mentioned the Joint Statement, which is the outcome