Inter-Korean summits

Inter-Korean summits are meetings between the leaders of North and South Korea. To date, there have been five such meetings so far (2000, 2007, April 2018, May 2018, and September 2018), three of them being in Pyongyang, with another two in Panmunjom. The importance of these summits lies in the lack of formal communication between North and South Korea, which makes discussing political and economic issues difficult. The summits' agendas have included topics such as the ending of the 1950-53 war (currently there is an armistice in force), the massive deployment of troops at the DMZ (approximately two million in total), the development of nuclear weapons by North Korea, and human rights issues.
2000 summit
In 2000, the representatives of the two governments met for the first time since the division of the Korean peninsula. Kim Dae-jung, the President of South Korea, who arrived at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, met Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader of North Korea, directly under the trap of the airport, and the rallies and divisions of the People's Army Corps were held.
Participants: Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader of North Korea
Place of meeting: Pyongyang, North Korea
Date of the meeting: June 13–15, 2000
Results of talks: June 15th North–South Joint Declaration
2007 summit
In June 2007, a summit declaration was adopted, which included the realization of the June 15 Joint Declaration, the promotion of a three-party or four-party summit meeting to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula, and active promotion of inter-Korean economic cooperation projects.
Participants: Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader of North Korea
Place of meeting: Pyongyang, North Korea
Date of the meeting: October 2–4, 2007
Results of talks: 2007 North–South Summit Declaration
April 2018 summit
A summit was held on 27 April 2018 in South Korea's portion of the Joint Security Area. It was the third summit between South and North Korea, agreed by South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, and North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un.
Participants: Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea
Place of meeting: Joint Security Area, South Korea
Date of the meeting: April 27, 2018
Results of talks: Panmunjom Declaration
May 2018 summit
On 26 May 2018, Kim and Moon met again in the Joint Security Area. The meeting took two hours, and unlike other summits it had not been publicly announced beforehand.
September 2018 summit
On 13 August, Blue House announced that South Korea's president attended the third inter-Korean summit with leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on 18–20 September. The agenda would be finding the strategy of the breakthrough in its hampered talks with U.S. and solution for the denuclearization on the Korean peninsula.
Participants: Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea
Place of meeting: Pyongyang, North Korea
Date of the meeting: September 18–20, 2018
Results of talks: along with a commitment for a future summit meeting in Seoul.
See also
2018–19 Korean peace process
Sunshine Policy
Northern Limit Line
Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit
Press releases
Two Koreas to hold summit (CNN, Aug 7, 2007)
New hope of inter-Korean detente (UPI, Aug 10, 2007)
Inter-Korean summit (chinaview, Aug 8, 2007)
Korean summit postponed by floods (CNN, Aug 18, 2007)
Footnotes
References
The Second inter-Korean summit: Four Arguments Against and Why They Could Be Wrong (quoted by nautilus.org)
Ban Ki-moon welcomes forthcoming inter-Korean summit
Inter-Korean summit welcome
Looking forward to new aspect of inter-Korean summit
the eight-point agreement by the leaders of the two Koreas at the end of their summit (quoted by koreanblog.com)
2nd South-North Korean Summit Joint Statement, The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University
Inter-Korean Liaison Office bombing
External links
The inter-Korean summit:Evaluation and Tasks Ahead
The inter-Korean summit and Unification Formulae
Landmark inter-Korean summit begins with unification pledge
The official homepage of 2007 inter-Korean summit
The official website of the Republic of Korea
Inter-Korean dialogue
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