US PRESIDENT Donald Trump met his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un in Singapore today for a historic summit meeting ending in a joint agreement on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

The pair met with a handshake today as the images were beamed across the world ushering in “new relations” between the two countries after North Korea’s military tests and Mr Trump’s “fire and fury” threats brought the world to the brink of nuclear war last year.

“It was not easy to get here. There were obstacles, but we overcame them to be here,” North Korea’s dynastic ruler said before the 40-minute meeting.