North and South Korea Meet in Historic Summit

The leaders of North and South Korea are meeting for the first time in more than a decade. On Friday, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in agreed to formally end the Korean War, and work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. Kim became the first North Korean leader to cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) into South Korean territory since fighting ended in the Korean War in 1953, reports CNN.

There was also a historic handshake: Kim shook Moon’s hand on both sides of the demarcation line and the two leaders posed for pictures. It has been decided that Moon will travel to Pyongyang sometime this year. Plus, the countries are going to open a “joint liaison office,” which will help organize reunions of families separated by the six-decade-old conflict. The two leaders plan to meet again in June.

Kim Jong Un: “I would like to join hands together between the two sides so that we can open up a new chapter in our history” https://t.co/mBTGtWzxaz pic.twitter.com/VZ8Wq9vgoL

— CNN International (@cnni) April 27, 2018

This is the moment Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un signed an agreement pledging to end the Korean War https://t.co/gCVhmxszrO pic.twitter.com/jfHF0rfKuX

— CNN International (@cnni) April 27, 2018

Here’s the full English text of the “Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula”: pic.twitter.com/8sMijU1MYR

— James Griffiths ????????? (@jgriffiths) April 27, 2018