South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit this year with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearization talks between North Korea and the United States. ADVERTISEMENTAccompanied by their wives, they exchanged pleasantries for a few minutes ahead of a military welcome ceremony as hundreds of people lining the tarmac cheered, waving North Korean flags and unification ones showing an undivided peninsula. The nuclear-armed North invaded its neighbor in 1950, starting the Korean War, although it now regularly stresses the importance of reunifying with the now far wealthier South. Only ‘rosy headlines?’The dovish South Korean president will hold at least two meetings with the North’s leader, where he will try to convince Pyongyang to carry out substantive steps towards disarmament. Seoul said that could lay the groundwork for a formal declaration on the Korean War, when hostilities ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty — implying that such an announcement was unlikely during the trip.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2018 02:26 UTC