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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to ensure that the agreement reached with the South’s Moon Jae-in at a summit Friday would be implemented, unlike previous pledges. The two Koreas will closely co-ordinate to ensure they do not “repeat the unfortunate history in which past inter-Korea agreements…fizzled out after beginning,” Kim said after a summit with the South’s President Moon Jae-in. “There may be backlash, hardship, and frustration on […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea will hold a reunion in August of families left divided when the Korean War ended 65 years ago, they said Friday after a summit. Around 57,000 families in the South still have members in the North, one of the most emotive issues remaining from the conflict. “South and North Korea agreed to proceed with reunion programs for the separated families on the occasion of the National […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea will this year seek a permanent end to the Korean War they said after a summit, 65 years after the hostilities ended in an armistice, rather than a peace treaty. The two Koreas will seek meetings with the US and possibly China — both of the parties to the ceasefire — “with a view to declaring an end to the War and establishing a permanent and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The last time South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in was on duty for a tree-related event in the Demilitarized Zone, it involved 813 troops, 27 helicopters, B-52 bombers with fighter escorts — and an aircraft carrier prowling offshore. As a young serviceman, Moon played a supporting role in “Operation Paul Bunyan”, likely the most expensive tree-felling in history, when US and South Korean troops cut down a poplar whose leaves were […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Friday heaped praise on the leaders of the two Koreas for holding a landmark summit, calling their handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula a “historic moment”. “We applaud the Korean leaders’ historic step and appreciate their political decisions and courage,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular press briefing. “We hope and look forward to them taking this opportunity to further open a new […]
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. © Agence France-Presse
SEOUL, United States (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the South’s President Moon Jae-in on Friday he was willing to visit him in Seoul “any time if you invite me,” Moon’s spokesman said. Kim made the remarks as the pair chatted ahead of their summit in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas, the official said. According to the official, Moon told the visitor he could “show you scenes far better than […]
by Park Chan-kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — When Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un came down the steps towards the inter-Korean border Friday he was escorted by a phalanx of bodyguards carefully chosen for their fitness, marksmanship, martial arts skills and even looks. Men in sharp suits and matching blue and white striped ties fanned out ahead of and around Kim as he approached the Military Demarcation Line for a historic handshake […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse GOYANG, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in held a historic summit Friday after shaking hands over the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries, in a gesture laden with symbolism. “I am happy to meet you,” a smiling Moon told Kim before the visitor stepped over the concrete blocks, making him the first North Korean leader to set […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “flooded with emotion” as he walked into the neighboring South, he told his host Moon Jae-in as they began the first inter-Korean summit for more than a decade. Walking across the cement blocks that mark the border was “so easy,” Kim said, making him wonder “why it took so long to do so after 11 years,” referring to the last summit in Pyongyang […]
by Jung Hawon / and Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in have followed paths to power as radically different as their two countries, but they came together and shook hands in the Demilitarized Zone on Friday. Moon’s parents were both born in a small village in Hungnam, in what is now North Korea, and his father Moon Yong-hyung […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday hailed the beginning of a new era of peace, ahead of a summit with his Southern counterpart Moon Jae-in. “A new history begins now – at the starting point of history and the era of peace,” read the message Kim wrote in a guestbook at the Peace House summit venue on the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas. […]
