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White House Press Corps Abruptly Evicted from Melia Hanoi Hotel to Make Room for Kim Jong Un<\/b><\/p>\n

The White House Press Corps was evicted abruptly from the Melia Hanoi Hotel where they had a workspace set up and many were staying \u2014 because Kim Jong Un decided he wanted to stay there.<\/p>\n

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#KimJongUn<\/a> arriving In Hanoi Melia Hotel. pic.twitter.com\/4n2D9qoRzZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ChiaChieh(Jane)Tang (@goodaylala) February 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

NBC News reported<\/a>: \u2018The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted Tuesday morning that the reporters who cover Trump would be relocated from their planned staging ground at the Melia Hotel \u2014 including a 200-seat ballroom and stand-up spots for broadcast reporters \u2014 to an international media center. \u201cYou must go now! This way,\u201d a Vietnamese security officer barked at members of the press corps in the hotel lobby Tuesday morning. The forced move was highly unusual because the White House had approved of and supported the use of the space by media who cover the president.\u2019<\/p>\n

Reuters reported<\/a>: \u2018South Korean media and experts hailed it as a \u201cheroic\u201d and \u201cdeliberate strategy\u201d for Kim to reveal more of himself to the American press. \u201cBy exposing his every move to American cameras<\/a>, Kim Jong Un may be signalling that he is determined to send a strong message about his will to improve ties with the United States,\u201d Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea expert at the Sejong Institute, said before Kim arrived.\u2019<\/p>\n

That rumored strategy was foiled when the American journalists were forced out by the Vietnamese foreign ministry.<\/p>\n

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FYI:
the American Media Center will be relocated from Melia hotel to International Media Center at 91 Tran Hung Dao Hanoi#DPRKUSA<\/a> #HanoiSummit<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MoFAVietNam Spokesperson (@PressDept_MoFA) February 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Though some journalists had a different take. CNN\u2019s Jim Acosta said the North Korean delegation wasn\u2019t happy to have the Americans at the hotel.<\/p>\n

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The North Koreans were clearly not happy the American press was set up at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi. As we had heard earlier, Kim Jong Un is staying at the hotel. He just arrived per @Kevinliptakcnn<\/a> and @AlliemalCNN<\/a> t.co\/0MnU8VASQT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Reuters added<\/a>: \u201cWith less than 24 hours notice, the White House press pool was instead relocated to a shared working space set up for visiting journalists at the Viet Xo Friendship Cultural Labour Palace, a giant Soviet-era edifice a few blocks from the Melia. It was not clear what happened to the journalists who had booked to stay in the Melia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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White House Press Corps Abruptly Evicted from Melia Hanoi Hotel to Make Room for Kim Jong Un<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n