The start of Friday’s Korea summit was tense as Moon Jae-in, the South’s president, scanned the no-man’s-land across the demilitarised zone at Panmunjom.
Suddenly, from the opposite set of buildings, a familiar figure came into view. Kim Jong Un, the North’s awkwardly coiffed third-generation dictator, began ambling towards the border with his entourage, threading between two barracks. President Moon and his ministers began walking towards them, picking up speed.
Metres apart, they broke off from their groups, smiled and extended their hands, smiling and chatting informally. Suddenly Mr Kim led Mr Moon back across the small cement barrier separating the two countries, into North Korea.