Kim Jong Un does something strange; walks out of country to have peaceful talk with South Korea

Goyang, April 27: Both North Korea, South Korea has taken a step towards each other to cut out grudges between the two. Today the day will be marked as a historical moment as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons at the border village of Panmunjom.

Kim then invited Moon to cross briefly back into the north with him before they returned to the southern side. “I feel like I’m firing a flare at the starting line in the moment of (the two Koreas) writing a new history in North-South relations, peace and prosperity,” Kim told Moon as they sat at a table, its precise dimension of 2018 millimeters separating them, to begin their closed-door talks. Moon responded that there were high expectations that they produce an agreement that will be a “big gift to the entire Korean nation and every peace-loving person in the world.”

 

Earlier, both leaders smiled broadly as Moon grasped Kim’s hand and led him along a blindingly red carpet into South Korean territory, where school children gave Kim flowers and an honor guard stood at attention for inspection, a military band playing traditional Korean folk songs beloved by both Koreas and the South Korean equivalent of “Hail to the Chief.” It’s the first time a North Korean leader has crossed over to the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone since the Korean War ended in 1953.

The first and second inter-Korean summits were held in Pyongyang, the DPRK capital, in 2000 and 2007, respectively.

Kim left Pyongyang for Panmunjom earlier in the day to attend the summit, according to the DPRK's Korean Central News Agency.