Trump welcomes back Americans freed by North Korea


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 May 2018

President Donald Trump talks to the media next to the three Americans formerly held hostage in North Korea, Tony Kim, Kim Hak-song and Kim Dong-chul, upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md (Reuters) - A plane carrying three Americans released by North Korea landed at a military base bear Washington early on Thursday to be welcomed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania.

North Korea released the three - Kim Dong-chul, Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim, and Kim Hak-song - and handed them over to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang on Wednesday, clearing a major obstacle to an unprecedented summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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