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The moment was historic, its significance marked by breathless news coverage across the globe. President Trump and the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met in Singapore, the first such encounter between leaders of the United States and North Korea, and the opening step in a delicate dance meant to de-escalate tensions between the two countries.

But you may not have known it from an evening out in Los Angeles’s Koreatown neighborhood on Monday, where residents and visitors carried on as usual while the two men shook hands a world away.

Mr. Kim certainly inspires passionate disavowals among Korean-Americans and immigrants living here, but his meeting with Mr. Trump drew muted interest across Korean bars, restaurants and entertainment spaces.

At a billiards hall in Koreatown, Yoon Hong Jung, 69, said that he was waiting to see what comes out of the meeting before he decides whether it was a good or bad idea. Mr. Yoon, who moved to the United States from South Korea 18 years ago, added that he has little faith that Mr. Kim has good intentions when it comes to nuclear disarmament.