North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a border village on April 27, the South announced yesterday, for a rare summit that could prove significant in global efforts to resolve the decades‑long standoff over the North's nuclear programme.
The announcement was made after officials of the two countries met at the border village of Panmunjom.
The Koreas plan to hold another preparatory meeting on April 4 to discuss security, protocol and media coverage issues, according to a statement released by the countries.
Leaders of the two Koreas have held talks only twice since the 1950‑53 Korean War, in 2000 and 2007, under previous liberal governments in South Korea.
The Korean Peninsula was divided in 1945 into a US‑dominated South and Soviet‑backed North, which became sovereign nations three years later.
Source: stuff.co.nz
