{"id":1687,"date":"2018-06-07T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T15:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2018-06-07T15:43:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T15:43:09","slug":"a-hope-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/06\/07\/a-hope-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"A hope for peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-top-header\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-top-header-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"post-title\">Singapore&#8217;s &#8216;Little Korea&#8217; has big hopes for Kim-Trump meeting<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-heading-des\">Some of the country&#8217;s estimated 30,000 Koreans see the upcoming summit as an historic event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-img\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-name\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/profile\/scott-heidler.html\" rel=\"author\">Scott Heidler<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-duration\">5 Jun 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-top-share-icon\" class=\"article-readToMe-share-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-main-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<article id=\"main-article-block\" class=\"main-article-block clear-fix\">\n<div class=\"main-article-body\">\n<figure class=\"main-article-mediaCaption\">\n<div class=\"main-article-media\">\n<div id=\"vdoContainer\" class=\"video-container\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-more-on-block article-shaded-blocks article-embedded-card hidden-xs\">\n<h4 class=\"embeded-box-name\">MORE ON\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/regions\/asia-pacific.html\">ASIA PACIFIC<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"article-more-on-ul\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/06\/sudan-severs-defence-ties-north-korea-180607065811805.html\">Sudan severs defence ties with North Korea<\/a>today<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/06\/app-aims-women-report-cases-harassment-180606105808293.html\">New app aims to help women report cases of harassment<\/a>yesterday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/06\/singapore-logistical-challenges-kim-trump-summit-180606131816828.html\">Singapore: The logistical challenges of the Kim-Trump summit<\/a>yesterday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/06\/russia-attempts-regain-clout-north-korea-180605193845968.html\">Russia attempts to regain clout over North Korea<\/a>today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body-170301071804049\" class=\"article-p-wrapper\">\n<p>Exactly one week from today, the much-anticipated meeting between US President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/11\/profile-president-donald-trump-161109050153947.html\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0and North Korean leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/people\/kim-jong.html\">Kim Jong-un<\/a>\u00a0will take place in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/singapore.html\">Singapore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the neighbourhoods where many have high hopes for the event is Singapore&#8217;s Tanjong Pagar, known as &#8220;Little Korea&#8221;, where a significant portion of the country&#8217;s estimated 30,000 Koreans live.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera&#8217;s Scott Heidler reports from Singapore on why some view the summit as an historic event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore&#8217;s &#8216;Little Korea&#8217; has big hopes for Kim-Trump meeting Some of the country&#8217;s estimated 30,000 Koreans see the upcoming summit as an historic event. by Scott Heidler 5 Jun 2018 MORE ON\u00a0ASIA PACIFIC Sudan severs defence ties with North Koreatoday New app aims to help women report cases of harassmentyesterday Singapore: The logistical challenges of the Kim-Trump summityesterday Russia attempts&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/06\/07\/a-hope-for-peace\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}