UK Defence Forum

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons after holding a historic summit. The announcement was made by the North's Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea after talks at the border.

The two leaders also agreed to push towards turning the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 into a peace treaty this year.
The summit came just months after warlike rhetoric from North Korea.

Kim Jong-un became the first North Korean leader to step into the South for 65 years as he and President Moon vowed 'there will be no more war' and agreed to 'complete denuclearisation'. The two sworn enemies exchanged a warm greeting at the 38th parallel in the truce village of Panmunjom before the pair held talks. As the summit came to an end today, Kim and Moon clasped hands as K-pop blared during a bizarre farewell and photos of their meeting were projected onto a massive screen (bottom centre). The scenes were reminiscent of Donald Trump's meeting with

SKB wrote:North Korea has changed its time zone today by thirty minutes to match that of South Korea.