- Nobel Prize winning anti-nuclear campaign group ICAN has offered to pay for the cost of the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
- The offer comes after a media report that the cash-strapped North may have trouble bearing the cost of its leader’s stay in Singapore and the large delegation of security and support staff for the meeting scheduled for June 12.
- The presidential suite for North Korea may set the US government back by at least 8,000 Singapore dollars ($ 6,000) a night, it said.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nobel Prize winning anti-nuclear campaign group ICAN has offered to pay for the cost of the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, including the hotel bill for the impoverished state’s leader.
The offer comes after a media report that the cash-strapped North may have trouble bearing the cost of its leader’s stay in Singapore and the large delegation of security and support staff for the meeting scheduled for June 12.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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