WITH LITTLE PROGRESSMoon-Kim summit marks 1st year anniversaryBy The Manila Timeshome/News/World/Moon-Kim summit marks 1st year anniversarySEOUL: North and South Korea on Saturday struck different notes as they marked the first anniversary of a summit between their leaders that fuelled a whirlwind of diplomacy which has died down amid deadlock over Pyongyang’s denuclearization. Moon, who brokered the first meeting between the two mercurial leaders, has tried to salvage the diplomacy although the North has remained largely unresponsive. ‘Dream and reality’Moon and Kim met three times last year, including a second impromptu encounter after Trump threatened to cancel the Singapore summit just weeks before it was due. But exchanges between Seoul and Pyongyang have significantly decreased since the failure to reach agreement in Hanoi. “The celebration event held only by South Korea today presents both dream and reality of the first anniversary,” it said.

Source: Manila Times April 27, 2019 16:18 UTC