Singapore summit: US President Trump says made a lot of progress with North Korea's Kim Jong Un

SINGAPORE: US President Donald Trump says his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un went "better than anybody could imagine."

The leaders emerged from a working lunch and strolled together down a paved walkway before stopping and posing before the waiting news media.

Trump said the meeting is "going great. We had a really fantastic meeting."

He added that there has been "a lot of progress. Really very positive. I think better than anybody could imagine."

The working lunch was the final official event scheduled for the leaders before they go their separate ways.

Trump is scheduled to address the press corps and then begin the journey back to Washington.

In a meeting that seemed unthinkable just months ago, the leaders met at a Singapore island resort, shaking hands warmly in front of a row of alternating U.S. and North Korean flags. They then moved into a roughly 45-minute one-on-one meeting, joined only by their interpreters, before including their advisers.

The meeting was the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader.

The White House has restricted journalists' access to parts of summit despite long-standing arrangements intended to ensure the public is kept fully abreast of key presidential moments.