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President Trump has confirmed that a close aide of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, is travelling to New York, amid a flurry of diplomacy ahead of a possible summit. The North Korean vice-chairman and the country's former spy chief, Kim Yong Chol, made a brief halt in China before travelling to the United States for the latest in a series of meetings to revive the planned summit between Mr Trump and Mr Kim. Dan Damon asked Heejin Koo about how important the trip was. (Picture: General Kim Yong-chol is regularly seen at Kim Jong-un's side Credit: AFP)