Singapore ties with US, NKorea make city-state summit site ……and ties to GOOGLE, FACEBOOK AND AIRBNB
It's also a perfect venue for top security meetings — protests are not allowed without permission, movement is strictly controlled and media are kept under control.
North Korea's state companies have, in the past, conducted legal and illegal business dealings with Singaporean companies.
It is a large trading partner, the second-largest Asian investor, and a longtime supporter of its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region. It's also the regional headquarters of large U.S. companies including Google, Facebook and Airbnb. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1966.
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