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Still, these would count as Mr Moons biggest achievements so far on the North Korean front: - Holding three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2018, two at the border village of Panmunjom and one in Pyongyang. - Signing the Panmunjom Declaration in April 2018, in which the North and South agreed to improve ties, engage in more dialogue and cooperation as well as establish a joint liaison office. - Becoming the first-ever South Korean leader to address a North Korean audience of 150...

SEOUL • When South Korean President Moon Jae-in successfully mediated the historic first summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea in 2018, hopes rose for peace on the Korean peninsula.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

news N. Korea unlikely to carry out provocations ahead of S. Korea-U.S. summit: minister SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Lee In-young said Friday that North Korea is not likely to carry out major provocations ahead of summit talks between the United States and South Korea slated for later this month. "We cannot rule out all possibilities of North Korea raising tensions but many experts say that the chances of the North heightening military tensions ahead of the South Korea-U.S. su...

North Korea defectors defy South to launch anti-Kim leaflets Issued on: 30/04/2021 - 05:52 The leaflet launches, such as this one in 2016, have infuriated Pyongyang JUNG YEON-JE AFP/File 2 min Seoul (AFP) A North Korea defector group this week twice defied a ban by Seoul on flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, it said Friday. The launches by the Fighters for a Free North Korea were the...

April 2021 marked the three-year anniversary of the Panmunjom Declaration, signed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a more hopeful time for diplomacy. Earlier this month, North Korea announced that it will not attend the Tokyo Olympics this summer due to COVID-19 concerns, squashing Seoul’s hopes to […]

news Minister calls first half most optimal period for progress in stalled peace process (ATTN: ADDS more remarks, info from 5th para, photo) By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Lee In-young on Thursday said that South Korea will strive to bring the stalled peace process on the Korean Peninsula back on track, saying that the first half of this year will be the "most optimal" time to realize any possible progress. Lee urged the United States to engage North Korea a...

news Moon says time approaching for resuming dialogue with North Korea (ATTN: ADDS remarks on economy, new presidential panel on carbon neutrality in last 7 paras) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the time is drawing near for the two Koreas to resume dialogue, stressing the significance of their historic summit deal three years earlier. "The time is approaching again when (we) should end long deliberation and restart dialogue," he said during a...

Photo : YONHAP News Anchor: In marking the third anniversary of the first inter-Korean summit during his term, South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said that now is the time to start up the peace process yet again. Moon is set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden next month in Washington, where the U.S.’ new North Korea policy is expected to be one of the key agenda items. Kim Bum-soo has more.  Report: South Korean President Moon Jae-in says the time has c...

news Unification minister urges N. Korea to implement peace agreements on summit anniversary (ATTN: REPLACES photo) By Koh Byung-joon and Yi Wonju SEOUL/PAJU, April 27 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Lee In-young urged North Korea on Tuesday to implement inter-Korean summit agreements and come out for talks as he marked the third anniversary of a historic 2018 summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Lee made the remarks during an event organi...

2021-04-27 06:06:56 GMT2021-04-27 14:06:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English SEOUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the time is approaching for the resumption of dialogue with the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), emphasizing the importance of the Panmunjom Declaration announced three years earlier. "The Panmunjom Declaration is a milestone of peace that can not be harmed by anyone. The path of peace, promised in the declaration, can not be...