Friday, April 27, 2018

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and South Korean Leader to Pursue Peace Deal, Denuclearization

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and South Korean Leader to Pursue Peace Deal, Denuclearization

Leaders agreed to take further steps to dial down tensions, start talks with the U.S.

Mr. Kim’s message in the Peace House visitors book: ‘A new history starts now. An age of peace, from the starting point of history.’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in gesture after signing agreements.
Mr. Kim and Mr. Moon talk and stroll in the truce village of Panmunjom.
The pair shake hands after planting a commemorative tree at the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone, Panmunjom.
Mr. Moon and Mr. Kim walk together in Panmunjom.
Mr. Moon and Mr. Kim meet in Panmunjom.
Mr. Kim shakes hands with Mr. Moon.
The leaders of the two Koreas cross the military demarcation line from North to South and South to North.
The outcome of the meeting is set to determine the future of relations on the Korean Peninsula and lay the groundwork for the North Korean leader’s planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The two leaders’ handshake is broadcast at the press center at the Korea International Exhibition Center in Goyang, South Korea.
People in Seoul watch live footage of the leaders strolling.
A South Korean man weeps while watching a broadcast of the summit. In a statement, North Korea’s state media said Mr. Kim would ‘openheartedly discuss’ with Mr. Moon ‘all the issues arising in improving inter-Korean relations and achieving peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean Peninsula.’
Goodwill messages posted outside City Hall in Seoul.
The leaders attend a welcoming ceremony in the truce village of Panmunjom.
Mr. Kim and Mr. Moon review an honor guard in Panmunjom.
Messrs. Kim and Moon, trailed by Mr. Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong, walk a red carpet into the Peace House building, the venue for the negotiations.
After posing for photos together, the two leaders introduced the members of their respective delegations.
Central questions in the talks are what North Korea might demand, and what concessions the South might offer, to sustain the conciliatory climate and further negotiations aimed at persuading the regime to relinquish its nuclear weapons.
 
 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in gesture after signing agreements.

GOYANG, South Korea—The leaders of North and South Korea agreed to pursue a peace agreement in historic talks on Friday, but steered clear of specifics on the question of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons, leaving uncertainties about the regime’s willingness to cede ground on its arsenal ahead of a meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

After an 8½-hour meeting in the demilitarized zone that was heavy on shows of amity between Mr. Kim and Moon Jae-in, his South Korean counterpart, both men agreed to take steps to dial down tensions and start talks with the U.S., and perhaps China, aimed at declaring within the year a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War. The conflict ended in an armistice that has held, despite some skirmishes, for 65 years.

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