“New history of peace” begins as Kim-Moon meet gets underway at DMZ

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held the first summit for the two Koreas in over a decade on Friday at the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between the countries.
The dramatic meeting, aimed at ending their decades-long conflict and easing tensions over the North’s nuclear weapons programme, comes weeks before Kim is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. Moon and Kim are expected to discuss denuclearisation and exchanges between the Koreas and also will plant a memorial tree at the border truce village of Panmunjom.
At the beginning of the meeting Kim said that they are at a starting line, where a new history of peace, prosperity and inter-Korean relations is being written. “We are at a starting line today, where a new history of peace, prosperity and inter-Korean relations is being written. Today, rather than create results we won’t be able to carry out like in the past, we should make good results by talking frankly about current issues, issues of interest.”
Kim added that Pyongyang-styled cold noodles, or naengmyeon, which is served in a chilled meat broth, will be brought from North Korea for the banquet hosted by Mooon after the summit.
Soth Koream President Moon Jae-In said, “I hope we will be able to talk frankly and come to an agreement to give a big present for the Koreans and the people around the world who wish for peace.”