Kim Jong-un will become the first North Korean leader to cross the border and visit the South since the Korean War broke out in 1950, as Seoul and Pyongyang agreed to hold a summit in April on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom.
After a two-day trip to the North, which included a lengthy meeting and dinner with Kim, special envoy Chung Eui-yong announced Tuesday that an inter-Korean summit will take place at the Peace House in Panmunjom in late April. Chung also said a hotline will be established between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in - and the two leaders will have their first conversation before the summit.
The April meeting will be the third summit between the two Koreas. South Korean Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun met with Kim’s late father, Kim Jong-il, in June 2000 and October 2007. Both summits took place in Pyongyang.
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WNU Editor: The building that will be holding this summit is only a few hundred feet away from the border .... but this is the first time that a North Korean leader will be visiting visiting South Korea, and it is/will be historic. Will this summit produce a positive response? I am skeptical that it will accomplish a amjor shift in North Korean policy .... but this is a positive trend, and in the end only confirms my belief that it has to be the Koreans themselves who must work together and find a solution to lowering tensions on the peninsula. On a side note .... and this is an easy prediction .... the security for this summit is going to be massive.
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