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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has insisted that he remains prepared to denuclearise after answering a question from a foreign journalist for almost certainly the very first time.

Mr Kim and Donald Trump kicked off the second day of their summit in Vietnam with an unprecedented joint questions-and-answer session with reporters, where the pair continued to speak warmly of one another.

Asked by a US reporter whether he was willing to denuclearise, Mr Kim said: "If I'm not willing to do that, I wouldn't be here."

In reply, Mr Trump said: "Good answer, that may be the best answer you've ever heard."

Asked if he was confident of a productive end to his time with Mr Trump in Hanoi, Mr Kim added: "It's too early to say. I won't make predictions. But I instinctively feel that a good outcome will be produced."

He was also asked about human rights, but Mr Trump intervened to say: "We're discussing everything."

And in scenes that would have been unthinkable a year ago, the US president also remarked that it would be "a good idea" to open a liaison office in North Korea in a bid to further improve relations between the countries.

Mr Kim and Mr Trump took questions at the luxury Metropole hotel, where they had earlier held a behind closed doors meeting alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean official Kim Yong Chol.

They still have plenty of time to spend with one another before they head back to Pyongyang and Washington, with a working lunch and an agreement signing ceremony to come on Thursday afternoon.

Mr Trump will also hold a news conference before he boards Air Force One for his flight home, during which he will discuss what he claims have been "a lot of great ideas" that have been "thrown about" during the summit.

On their first day together in the Vietnamese capital, Mr Trump told his North Korean counterpart that he wanted to help his country fulfil its "tremendous economic potential".

They ended their first day with a "social dinner", but are having working talks on Thursday.

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Both have already spoken of the blossoming relationship they had enjoyed since their historic meeting in Singapore last summer, with the pair having exchanged several letters.

Despite that, and similarly thriving relations between Mr Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae In, little progress has been made towards the process of denuclearisation.

Earlier this month, a UN report warned that North Korea was in fact working to protect its nuclear weapons.

But Mr Trump is convinced that his personal relationship with Mr Kim, combined with the prospect of economic prosperity for the once reclusive state, can break the impasse.