Explained: What Trump-Kim summit failure means for key players in standoff

The failure is a blow for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is keen to see the lifting of sanctions that have hampered his ambitions to reopen an inter-Korean factory park and tourism zone

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach a deal on denuclearisation on Thursday because Kim had made unacceptable demands on lifting US-led sanctions, Trump said.

The United Nations and the United States ratcheted up sanctions on North Korea when it undertook a series of nuclear and ballistic missile tests in 2017. North Korea has been pursuing its weapons programmes for years in defiance of UN

Security Council resolutions.

What does the failure to reach a deal in Hanoi mean for North Korea's neighbours and others trying to end the standoff?

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