US and North Korea give conflicting accounts of summit collapse

Pyongyang disputes Trump's claim that Kim sought end to all sanctions

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump stroll on the ground of Hanoi's Metropole hotel during their second summit on Feb. 28. © Reuters

KIM JAEWON, MITSURU OBE and SOTARO SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writers

February 28, 2019 15:17 JST

Updated on March 1, 2019 11:40 JST

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.