American President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong on 12 June, 2018 in which country?

The first-ever summit between a sitting US President and a North Korean leader took place on 12 June 2018 at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore. Singapore was chosen for its neutral diplomatic standing, good working ties with both Washington and Pyongyang, and secure logistics.

Why the others are wrong:

• Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur is linked to North Korea through the 2017 killing of Kim Jong Nam at its airport, but it did not host the summit.
• Indonesia: Not the venue for this meeting.
• Thailand: Not the host, though Bangkok has hosted other diplomatic talks.

The core concept is summit diplomacy and the role of neutral host states in great-power engagement. For Mains, link this to the Korean Peninsula's denuclearisation question and to India's strategic autonomy in balancing relations with the US and its rivals.

Trap: Students often remember the Singapore summit but then confuse it with the second Trump-Kim summit, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February 2019. The 2018 answer remains Singapore.