Fake news: Kim and Trump lookalikes draw the crowds in Hanoi


  • World
  • Friday, 22 Feb 2019

Howard X, an Australian-Chinese impersonator of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russell White, who is impersonating U.S. President Donald Trump, pose for a photo at Metropole Hotel, ahead of the upcoming Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

HANOI (Reuters) - Cars stopped and tourists gawked at what appeared to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wandering the streets of Hanoi.

Days before the second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam's capital, a Kim impersonator appeared on Friday at the Metropole Hotel, a back-up location for the meeting.

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