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North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:13am On Apr 28, 2018
Here's what happened at the historic Korea summit
The leaders of North Korea and South Korea met today for the first time in over a decade. Here are the highlights from the summit:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in met at the line that separates the divided Koreas. Kim then stepped over the raised Military Demarcation Line, entering territory controlled by the South for the very first time. After posing for the cameras, Kim then grasped Moon's hand and they briefly crossed into the northern side:

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/north-korea-south-korea-summit-intl/
Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:13am On Apr 28, 2018
The two leaders had meetings with officials, and then Kim and Moon took part in a symbolic tree-planting ceremony in the DMZ. The tree was from 1953, the year the Korean War armistice was signed.

Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:13am On Apr 28, 2018
Then, they signed the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula. The document commits the two countries to a nuclear-free peninsula and talks to bring a formal end to the Korean War.

The leaders ended the summit with a formal dinner — and a toast.

Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:15am On Apr 28, 2018
UN leader: Many people were moved by the Korean leaders coming together

The United Nations Secretary General applauded the historic Korea summit and noted that many around the world are “moved by the powerful imagery," according to a statement from his spokesman.

Secretary General Antonio Guterres "salutes the courage and leadership that resulted in the important commitments and agreed actions outlined" today, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary general, said.
Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:17am On Apr 28, 2018
Korean leaders agreed to end a 68-year-old war today

Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:19am On Apr 28, 2018
Kim Jong Un left DMZ moments ago in a black a car — flanked by a group of running bodyguards.

The jogging bodyguards have traveled with Kim throughout the summit.

Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:26am On Apr 28, 2018
Kim and Moon say goodbye before leaving the DMZ

And that is that. Kim and Moon have left the demilitarized zone and the inter-Korean summit has officially come to a close.

Kim and his wife said their goodbyes to Moon and his wife before being driven in a car – flanked once again by Kim’s running bodyguards -- out of the Peace Village and presumably en route to Pyongyang.

Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:26am On Apr 28, 2018
Kim and Moon leave behind a feeling of promise and positivity that hasn't been felt on the Korean Peninsula for years. Along with a promise to finally end the war which has hung like a cloud over this part of the world for 65 years, the agreement they signed will see increased communication and cooperation going forward.

There will be much to debrief in the coming days and weeks for the two leaders and their allies, and now the focus will fall on US President Donald Trump's planned meeting with Kim -- it's been mooted for the end of May or beginning of June.

Re: North And South Korean Leaders Hold Historic Summit: Highlights by Kizyte(m): 8:27am On Apr 28, 2018
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