The PM also welcomed South Korea's efforts to maintain peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula.
New images show the portly North Korean dictator looking more overweight than ever as he offers "field guidance" on a state farm.
Asked by a journalist if he deserved a Nobel Peace prize, the US president said although everyone thought he did, he would never say it himself.
Rodman, who is one of a handful of Westerners to have visited reclusive North Korea and met Kim Jong Un, arrived in Singapore on Monday, the eve of the summit, declaring he was "excited to be part of it".
'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says, "There will be war with China in the next few years. The next full scale war will have the involvement of Pakistan and terror elements, insurgents and intelligence assets operating inside India",' warns Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
India's final tally in Hangzhou stood at 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze, a quantum leap from the 70 medals the contingent bagged at Jakarta in 2018.
'Despite much hype of optimism, everyone went home empty-handed without a clear picture where they are heading in the future,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Veteran Acantha Sharat Kamal raised his game just in time to help the Indian men's team escape unscathed against Kazakhstan at the Asian Games.
Three days after he was shot while delivering a speech in the western Japanese city of Nara, Abe Shinzo, Japan's longest serving prime minister, began his final journey in Tokyo.
Trump said military action against a defiant North Korea is certainly an option, but hoped that he does not have to use it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that his country meddled in the 2016 US Presidential election.
However, Kim gave no indication of Pyongyang willing to give up its nuclear weapons
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Pyongyang wants the world to recognise its nuclear capability, says Srikanth Kondapalli.
Deployment of THAAD in South Korea could unfold a new cataclysm in the Korean Peninsula with unwelcome prospects.
'Pyongyang's strategy seems to be a cry to be treated as equal with the US and Beijing and this aspiration is premised on equipping itself with weapons as devastating as theirs,' says Rajaram Panda.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says the country will spend 20 million dollars to host the summit.
Trump, who personally greeted the trio at the Andrews Air Force Base, praised Kim for their release ahead of their summit.
US President Trump's announcement came after the North Korean leader warned that Pyongyang may change its approach to nuclear talks if Washington persists with sanctions.
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'I don't know why they should feel scared. They have a big majority, they shouldn't feel scared.' 'They should let us speak and then they can always vote however they want to. I have no idea (what's scaring the government).' 'It actually baffles me why they should indulge in these kinds of tactics.'
In a wide-ranging interview, the US President said his administration is formulating 'rules and regulations' for the White House reporters.
The Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang has been chosen for the meeting in late February.
In Seoul, Nikhil Lakshman discovers, fears about North Korea and its bizarre ways are never far away.
'Thank you to Chairman Kim Jong Un for keeping your word & starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen'
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This comes after US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un held a historic summit in Singapore.
Trump met North Korean envoy to discuss about Kim's unfulfilled pledge to dismantle nuclear weapons programmes.
The Trump administration is actively preparing for the June 12 summit between the US President and the North Korean leader.
Vinesh Phogat locked Paris Olympics quota in the women's 50kg category, reaching the final at the Asian Olympic Qualifier without conceding a single point.
Moon Jae-in hope that the summit will open a new era of complete denuclearisation, peace.
The summit at Sentosa -- the first between the two countries -- is a turnaround of relations between the US president, 71, and the North Korean leader, 34, after a long-running exchange of threats and insults.
The US needs to find global support, especially from Russia and China, to make North Korea back down, says Claude Smadja.
Taipei on Friday termed China's military exercises around the island nation 'highly provocative' after some Chinese aircraft and warships crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
Trump and Kim are scheduled to meet in Singapore on June 12.
A diplomatic incident when the North Korea Olympic women's football team walked off the field after the South Korea flag had been displayed was a "simple human mistake", International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said on Thursday.
The two leaders met for a second summit in Vietnam's Hanoi and Trump made these comments during a dinner with Kim.
The United States does not see any change in the military posture of North Korea despite threat and recent rhetoric coming from its leadership, the White House said.
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