Kim and Moon discussed denuclearization and permanent peace on peninsula: Seoul

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This screen grab from the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) taken on April 27, 2018 shows South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (2nd L) attending the Inter-Korean summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (2nd R) and his sister Kim Yo Jong (R) in the Peace House building on the South side of the truce village of Panmunjom.
The two men briefly stepped back over the line into the North before walking to the Peace House building on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom for the summit — only the third of its kind since hostilities ceased in 1953. / AFP/

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in discussed denuclearization and a permanent peace on the Korean peninsula at their summit Friday, Moon’s spokesman said.

“The two leaders had a sincere and frank dialogue over the denuclearization and the establishment of permanent peace of the Korean peninsula and development of inter-Korea ties,” said Yoon Young-chan.

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