April 2018 inter-Korean summit

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April 2018 Inter-Korean summit
South Korea: 2018년 남북정상회담
North Korea: 2018년 북남수뇌상봉
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Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Moon Jae-in
Host countrySouth Korea
Motto평화, 새로운 시작
平和, 새로운 始作
(Peace, A New Start)
Venue(s) Inter-Korean Peace House
Participants Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Jong Un
Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Jae-in
Website 2018 Inter-Korean Summit
Kim and Moon signing the Panmunjom Declaration Korea Summit 2018 v1.jpg
Kim and Moon signing the Panmunjom Declaration

In a joint press conference, Kim and Moon made a number of pledges regarding co-operation and peace. [12] Notably, these included a pledge to work towards the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, although Kim did not explicitly agree to give up the North's nuclear weapons. The two leaders also agreed to convert the Korean Armistice Agreement into a full peace treaty later that year, formally ending the Korean War after 65 years. [12] Additionally, they pledged to end "hostile activities" between their nations, resume reunion meetings for divided families, improve connections along their border, and cease propaganda broadcasts across the border. [12] [23] [24] This agreement was known as the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula and was signed by both leaders in the South Korean border village of Panmunjom. [25]

The press conference was shown live on South Korean television; however, live coverage was not available in North Korea [26] since the country's policy is to not broadcast live events involving its leader. [26]

As the press conference concluded, the two leaders pledged greater communication between themselves and planned for Moon to visit Pyongyang in late 2018. [10]

Aftermath

April 2018 inter-Korean summit
South Korean name
Hangul 2018년 남북정상회담
Hanja 2018年 南北頂上會談
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization 2018nyeon Nambuk Jeongsang-hoedam
McCune–Reischauer 2018nyŏn Nambuk Chŏngsang-hoedam

In the aftermath of the summit, it was agreed that the loudspeakers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone would be dismantled beginning on 1 May. [27] This commitment was fulfilled as planned [27] and both sides committed to ending their balloon propaganda campaigns as well. [28] On 5 May, an attempt by North Korean defectors to continue the balloon campaign across the border from South Korea was halted by the South Korean government. [29] Also on 5 May, North Korea changed its time zone so that it would match South Korea's. [30]

During the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the table tennis teams from the two Koreas entered separately, but when they were paired against each other at the quarter-final of the women's event, they negotiated instead to field a joint team for the semifinal, with the agreement of the International Table Tennis Federation. [31] The Korea Team went on to lose to Japan 3–0 in the semi-finals. [32]

May 2018 summit

Kim and Moon at the May 2018 Summit on the North Korean side of Panmunjom InterKorean Summit 1st v16.jpg
Kim and Moon at the May 2018 Summit on the North Korean side of Panmunjom

On 26 May, Kim and Moon met again in the Joint Security Area, this time on the North Korean side of the Panmunjom village. [33] The meeting took two hours, and unlike other summits it was not publicly announced beforehand. [34] Photos released by South Korea's presidential office showed Moon arriving at the northern side of the Panmunjom truce village and shaking hands with Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, before sitting down with Kim for their summit. Moon was accompanied by his spy chief, Suh Hoon, while Kim was joined by Kim Yong-chol, a former military intelligence chief who is now a vice chairman of the North Korean ruling party's central committee tasked with inter-Korean relations. The meeting was largely centered around Kim Jong Un's upcoming summit with US President Donald Trump. [33] Kim and Moon also embraced before Moon returned to South Korea. [33] Moon revealed details of the summit in a public address on 27 May. [35]

September 2018 summit

On 13 August, it was announced that a third 2018 inter-Korean summit would be held in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on an unspecified day in September. [36] The meeting was designed to capitalize on what was accomplished at the previous two summits. [37] Ri Son Gwon, the head of the North Korean delegation, told reporters that a specific date for the summit was already set, but that they wanted to "keep reporters wondering." [37] It was announced on 31 August that South Korean President Moon Jae-In would send a special delegation to North Korea on 5 September to hold more nuclear talks and set up the summit. [38] [39] The summit lasted three days, from 18 September to 20 September. [40]

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