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Trump in 'no rush' as formal nuclear talks open with Kim

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down for formal discussions in Hanoi. [Courtesy]

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was in "no rush" to secure a deal over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, playing down expectations of an immediate breakthrough in high-stakes talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The two men who once traded personal insults and threats of destruction were holding their second meeting in eight months, with analysts stressing it needs to produce more concrete progress than their initial historic get-together in Singapore.

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