Friday, April 27, 2018

North Korea, South Korea : historic border crossing, end to Korean War?

Historic border crossing, Koreas talk of nuclear-free peninsula and end to Korean War
  • The Panmunjeom Declaration: the two Koreas will cease hostilities and seek increased cooperation and denuclearization as part of the declaration announced following an inter-Korean summit at Panmunjeom. 
  • The two Koreas also said they would seek a peace treaty and hold three-way negotiations with the US, or four-way negotiations with the US and China if necessary. 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace after signing the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula during the Inter-Korean Summit at the Peace House on April 27, 2018 in Panmunjom, South Korea. 







North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in walk together at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018.


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, meet Friday during a summit at Peace House in the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea.



North Korean first lady Ri Sol-ju (left) and her South Korean counterpart Kim Jung-sook speak at a banquet event at Friday`s inter-Korean summit. 


South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second right, his wife Kim Jung-sook, right, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left,  his wife Ri Sol Ju, left, attend at the farewell ceremony Friday at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea.


  
NY Times, Washington Post

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