US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, May 9, 2018. [Photo/Agencies] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore. The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th, the president wrote on Twitter. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace! Trump posted the message hours after he greeted at the Joint Base Andrews outside Washington the three US citizens who were released by the DPRK. The three detainees, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim, were released as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the DPRK on Wednesday to finalize plans for the summit. It was Pompeo's second trip around a month apart, during both of which he met with DPRK leader Kim Jong-un. Trump said he appreciated Kim doing this and allowing them to go. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement that Trump viewed the release of the American detainees as a positive gesture of goodwill. During his visit to Pyongyang, Pompeo discussed the agenda for a potential Trump-Kim summit in his meeting with Kim Yong-chol, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The vice-chairman noted improved relations between North and South Korea and pushed back against the idea that US pressure led to the likely summit, according to the AP report. This is not a result of sanctions that have been imposed from outside, the AP cited Kim Yong-chul as saying. The report said that that contradicted Trump, who has said repeatedly that his pressure tactics brought the DPRK to the negotiating table. Victor Cha, senior adviser and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, said the release of the three US detainees is a welcome development and a useful confidence-building measure leading up to the summit. silicone medical alert bracelets australiafigured-wristbandfunny silicone wristbandswristband-homecustom-bracelets
A firework show is held in Macao, Dec 20, 2018. A series of activities and events were held here on Thursday to celebrate Macao's 19th anniversary of returning to the motherland and the establishment of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR). [Photo/Xinhua] MACAO - A series of activities and events were held here on Thursday to celebrate Macao's 19th anniversary of returning to the motherland and the establishment of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR). The SAR government started a flag-raising ceremony at 8:00 a.m. at the Golden Lotus Square, with Macao's leading officials, discipline forces and local residents participating in the event. Two formations of Public Security Forces of Macao took the national flag and the Macao SAR flag to the two flag poles. Then the two flags were hoisted to the national anthem in front of the audiences and honor guards from Macao's police officers, firefighters and custom officers. People's Liberation Army Macao Garrison also held a flag-raising ceremony in the morning. Following the ceremonies was a reception event held at Macao Tower Convention and Entertainment Center which was decorated by ribbons of red and yellow, the colors of China's national flag. About 900 representatives from all sectors of society in Macao attended the reception to celebrate the anniversary. Chief Executive of the Macao SAR Chui Sai On said at the reception that the SAR government has strictly adhered to the constitution and the Macao SAR Basic Law in the past 19 years, and the policy of one country, two systems was fully implemented in the Macao SAR. He noted that the SAR government was to further participate in the country's reform and opening-up process, and further integrate into the national development. During the day, a special flower show was organized by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau at Taipa Houses. The Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau also offered a commemorative postmarking service to the public to celebrate the anniversary. At 9:00 p.m. local time, a fantastic firework show was put up by the tourism office on the waterfront near Macao Tower. Thousands of tourists and local residents went to the beach to watch the show. blank-wristbandmake rubber braceletscustom-rubber-braceletscustomize-braceletsembossed-printed-wristband<%2fcenter>
