HANOI -- U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un clashed over irreconcilable differences at their nuclear summit here on Thursday, bringing the talks to a sudden end and casting a pall of uncertainty over Northeast Asia.
Hours after the breakdown, Washington and Pyongyang gave conflicting accounts of why the talks had failed, with the North Korean side disputing Trump's claim that Kim had asked for a full lifting of economic sanctions.
