“This was a very moving moment for all of us,” said Paik Hak-soon, a North Korea expert at the pro-engagement Sejong Institute outside Seoul. Moon has said that Kim is willing to discuss denuclearization, and without the condition of American troops being withdrawn from South Korea. The summit has won wide approval in South Korea, where there were palpable fears of military action at the end of last year. This is only the third inter-Korean summit and is the first that South Korea has hosted. Roh Moo-hyun, Kim’s successor, followed suit by traveling to Pyongyang in 2007 and meeting Kim Jong Il.

Source: Washington Post April 26, 2018 18:04 UTC