White House: Positive coverage from North Korean media 'a sign for optimism'

SINGAPORE – A rare series of positive reports from North Korean state media has White House officials feeling optimistic about President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un.

The Korean Central News Agency, the official propaganda arm of the government, published an article prior to Kim’s departure for Singapore, describing him as embarking on a mission to establish new relations between the U.S. and Pyongyang and addressing “the issue of building a permanent and durable peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean peninsula [and] the issue of realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.