SINGAPORE, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met and shook hands Tuesday morning in Singapore before the first-ever DPRK-U.S. summit.

Kim and Trump entered the dialogue venue separately at the Capella Hotel on Singapore's resort island of Sentosa.

The two leaders shook hands for a few seconds with the two nations' national flags in the background.

"This is just a new beginning," said Trump while he was shaking hands with Kim.