but they are hoping they will be there in singapore on the 12th of june and have some sort of historic breakdown of relations between the u.s. and north korea and the dismantlement of north korea s nuclear program. why did the singapore site get the check for this summit? it fits a numerous number of criteria. it s neutral ground in its neither north or south korea. the united states is a close ally of singapore. they didn t want to have it on the korean peninsula. it s a big modern city. they got all the facilities you would need for this sort of thing. it s fairly close to north korea. there is word that kim jong un does not have the fleet of aircraft necessary to travel a long distance. also in asia, which i think is very symbolic. you don t want to have a nation summit that involves north and south korea in someplace like sweden or switzerland when you