US president says `sometimes you have to walk´ after summit in Hanoi with North Korean leader is cut short. Follow the latest, liveVietnam summit ends without agreement as Trump and Kim talks cut short 10.20am GMT And our final post, from Justin McCurry, on what this outcome means for South Korea:Some sections of the South Korean media reacted with alarm. Yonhap news agency said the failed summit had set the security clock on the Korean peninsula `back to zero`, adding that efforts to defuse the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang was now `at a crossroads.` Financial News, meanwhile, wondered if the two sides would struggle to maintain the momentum for dialogue. 10.02am GMT With the summit coming to a dramatic but also lacklustre end - and with both Trump and Kim Jong-un headed now home with little to show for their meetings - we are going to close the liveblog. Thanks for following along today, it´s been a wild ride. For a full description of the events today, here is Julian Borger´s final news report from Hanoi: Related: Vietnam summit: US president blames disagreement over sanctions for no deal 9.56am GMT 9.44am GMT Here´s our China correspondent Lily Kuo on what the lacklustre outcome of the summit means for ChinaThe lack of a deal sets up China to play a larger role in a process that some believed Beijing was at risk of being sidelined. Mintaro Oba, a former diplomat focused on the Koreas said China has an opportunity to step in and set the tone. 9.29am GMT South Korea´s Presidential office have released a statement expressing disappointment at the failed Hanoi summit`We do feel regret that President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un could not reach complete agreement at today´s summit,` said a spokesperson. 9.08am GMT Some experts pointing out that if the lifting of sanctions was always going to make or break the deal on the North Korea side, should this not have been known by the US before calling a second, very public, summit Trump and Pompeo being quite sp ...
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