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North Korea, South Korea agree to end war, denuclearize the Korean peninsula<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a historic summit on Friday, setting aside decades of hostility and paving the way for a peace deal first time since 1953.<\/p>\n

In a historic summit, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un committed themselves to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and pledged to bring a formal end to the Korean War, 65 years after hostilities ceased.<\/p>\n

Shaking hands with Moon Jae-in, while standing in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two countries, Kim told the South Korean President he felt the weight of meeting at “such a historic location.”<\/p>\n

“It was a very courageous decision for you to come all the way here,” Moon replied.<\/p>\n

They signed the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula, which commits the two countries to denuclearization and talks to bring a formal end to the conflict.<\/p>\n

Wrapping up the day, Kim made a toast and said: \u201cToday\u2019s meeting and accomplishment is just the beginning and nothing more than a tip of the iceberg compared to what we have to do ahead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s end the history of confrontations and mistrust between the North and the South, hold hands together and boldly move forward for the future of our people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In an exceptional day-long summit marked with symbolism, the two leaders embraced, planted tree and talked alone for more than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Kim Jong Un joked at a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday that he would no longer interrupt Moon’s sleep with missile tests.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press\u00a0quoted a spokesman for South Korea’s government as saying<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Kim told Moon he wouldn’t “interrupt your early-morning sleep anymore.”<\/p>\n

Kim was presented with flowers by two South Korean fith-grade students and posed for photos with them and the South Korean leader.<\/p>\n

The two leaders also inspected a traditional\u00a0Korean\u00a0guard of honor before greeting ministers and military officers of both countries and making their way to\u00a0Peace House,\u00a0the\u00a0summit venue.<\/p>\n

The United Nations Secretary General applauded the historic Korea summit and noted that many around the world are \u201cmoved by the powerful imagery,” according to a statement from his spokesman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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