"I am happy to meet you," Moon told Kim before the visitor stepped over the line, making him the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the Korean War ended in an armistice 65 years ago. It did not mention denuclearisation, but the North's atomic arsenal will be high on the agenda at the talks. NUKESIn the past, North Korean support for denuclearisation of the "Korean peninsula" has been code for the removal of US troops from the South and the end of its nuclear umbrella over its security ally — prospects unthinkable in Washington. "The big issues we know are peace and denuclearisation," Yonsei University professor John Delury told AFP. Pyongyang announced last week a moratorium on nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missiles, adding it would dismantle its Punggye-ri nuclear test site.

Source: Daily Nation April 27, 2018 03:45 UTC