Realistic expectations for Kim-Trump talks

Everything appears to be rosy ahead of the planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un.

Trump expressed his personal appreciation to Kim after three US citizens who had been detained by Pyongyang for anti-state activities were released on Wednesday. The DPRK's official news agency, KCNA, reported that Kim had decided to grant amnesty to the three Americans at the "suggestion" of the US president.

The move came just hours after the government leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea expressed their shared commitment to preserving and promoting the positive momentum on the Korean Peninsula at their long-postponed tripartite summit meeting in Tokyo. And it has been a while since they all agreed on something.