Posted on 04/26/2018 5:25:20 PM PDT by BBell
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has arrived in the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone for his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be accompanied by his sister and confidante, Kim Yo-jong, and the 90-year-old nominal head of the North Korean state, Kim Yong-nam, as well as foreign and defense ministers in the historic inter-Korean summit at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone on Friday.
Panmunjom, the world's last Cold War frontier, was designated as the venue of meeting for officials from the North and South after the Korean war ended in a truce in 1953.
Neither North nor South Korea have jurisdiction over Panmunjom and the UN Command administers the village which sits inside the heavily mined four-kilometer Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that serves as the de facto border between the two Koreas.
The planned meeting will bring the South Korean president Moon and the North Korean leader together, with Kim crossing a military demarcation line to the South for the first time and becoming the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the Korean War ended 65 years ago.
South Korean sources said official dialog between Kim and Moon would begin at 0130 GMT at the Peace House in Pan-mun-jom in Panmunjom, an hour after the North Korean leader is scheduled to cross the border at 0030 GMT.
The North’s military nuclear and missile programs will be high on the agenda. But it is unlikely that the meeting will produce any outcome beyond a thaw in the relations, which had been tense until January this year.
According to North Korea's official KCNA news agency, Kim will "open-heartedly discuss... all the issues arising in improving inter-Korean relations and achieving peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula."
After the end of the first session of the talks, the two leaders will have lunch separately and then hold a tree-planting ceremony in the afternoon, according to the South’s presidential chief of staff.
Im Jong-seok, the South’s presidential chief of staff, said a pine tree would be planted on the demarcation line to symbolize “peace and prosperity,” with the use of soil from Mount Paektu in North Korea and Mount Halla in South Korea.
Kim and Moon will sign an agreement and issue a joint statement at the end of talks, according to Im.
The North Korean leader said last week that he was ready to suspend the country’s nuclear and missile tests and close a nuclear test site as North Korea has already achieved adequate progress in the nuclear and missile programs.
North Korea says its weapons are defensive in nature and a necessary deterrent against potential hostility by the United States and its regional allies, including South Korea.
The two Koreas began mending fences in January, when Kim said he would be interested in talks being held between officials from the two countries. A series of overtures ensued.
A possible meeting between Kim and US President Donald Trump is also reportedly being planned for sometime in May or June.
This is total Kabuki, Get ready for war. UN is punking us real bad.
I don’t think the ChiComs want a war just yet. The time is not right but when has that stopped anything.
Oh You are so right. They are making too much money . They dont give a crap about Norks. We have one option with China. Total NUKE OUT. Wait for the sucker punch from UN.This is not what we see.
Shithead lib
Sometimes its best to attack when it’s least expected. CHiComs have a lot of extra males. They may need to cull their heard.
As Churchill said; “Jaw, jaw is better than war, war”
What in the hell is wrong with you?! Every time i run across one of your posts, you go full retard. Never go full retard...
I’m not so sure. Rocket Man has to know he is in the most dangerous position any human could possibly be in. He’s like a high wire artist that lives a life of total joy and luxury every day, but who also knows he only gets ONE bad day, and it could happen any time.
He’s young. He’s no fanatic. He’s also smart enough to know that the DPRK is a total basket case that cannot sustain itself indefinitely.
The fanatical old guard is dying out. He’s helped the process a bit by getting rid of quite a few of the more dangerous members. If he could defuse the whole situation, he just might get a golden parachute that will let him live out the rest of his years in a fair amount of comfort without worrying about assassins and coups.
I’m not saying it’s likely, but it is a possibility. Done right, reunification would be in everyone’s best interest.
I hope your right. I see the darkest side on this SOB but I pray I am wrong. My gun would be cocked under the table.
Not one American soldier died for the U.N. America will call the shots and if God willing the war officially ends, it's with American honor and the North adapts the traits of the South, not the continued satellite of the bastard Chicoms. I trust CIC Trump and Sec. of State Pompeo know how to deal with this as advantageous to America.The United States cannot be fooled again nor get Rickrolled.
Teitter.
Emily E. Tillett; @EmilyETillett
On Kim Jong Un bringing his own toilet to the inter-Korean summit: “The leader’s excretions contain information about his health status so they can’t be left behind.”
Wow.
My
Reference was to Kim Jung UN. Not U.N. But i agree with ftun.Trump will be ready for this screw job. I aint fallen for this act.
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