Reporters Get The Boot Upon Realization That Kim Booked Same Hotel As US Press

LANG SON, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 26:  Kim Jong-un waves from his car after arriving by train at Dong Dang railway station near the border with China on February 26, 2019 in Lang Son, Vietnam. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam for the first time on Tuesday as preparations continue in Hanoi for the summit with U.S President Donald Trump in Hanoi later this week. Reports have indicated that both leaders could agree on a joint statement declaring an end to the 1950-53 Korean War while denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and ending international sanctions against Pyongyang is expected to be discussed during the summit. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)
LANG SON, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 26: Kim Jong-un waves from his car after arriving by train at Dong Dang railway station near the border with China on February 26, 2019 in Lang Son, Vietnam. North Korea's leader Kim Jon... LANG SON, VIETNAM - FEBRUARY 26: Kim Jong-un waves from his car after arriving by train at Dong Dang railway station near the border with China on February 26, 2019 in Lang Son, Vietnam. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam for the first time on Tuesday as preparations continue in Hanoi for the summit with U.S President Donald Trump in Hanoi later this week. Reports have indicated that both leaders could agree on a joint statement declaring an end to the 1950-53 Korean War while denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and ending international sanctions against Pyongyang is expected to be discussed during the summit. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Kim Jong-un — North Korea’s ruthless regime leader who’s reportedly in constant fear of an attack on his life whenever he steps foot outside his home country — got the U.S. press kicked out of his hotel after summit organizers realized it had double booked the space, The Washington Post reported.

During his two-day summit in Vietnam with President Donald Trump to discuss denuclearization, Kim is booked to stay at the Melia hotel in the heart of Hanoi, Vietnam, the same venue that the White House reserved as the filing center for American media outlets traveling with Trump. Before Kim arrived at the hotel on Tuesday, the media was notified that their filing center had changed to a different location, prompting a headache for members of the television press who reportedly spent several weeks getting equipment shipped to and set up at the Melia.

Reporters who were booked to stay at the hotel were not removed, but the media was told they couldn’t do live shots at the Kim location, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Post.

When Kim arrived at the Melia, reporters were still gathered in the hotel, having only been recently notified of the location change, according to the Post. The scene then delved into chaos as North Korean officials demanded Vietnamese security officers tell the journalists they couldn’t even look at Kim, let alone take photos or videos of the regime leader, according to the Post and Bloomberg.

Read the Post’s full report here. 

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