Koreas agree to hold summit on April 27
Border truce village of Panmunjom to host meeting
Seoul, March 29: North and South Korea will hold their first summit in over a decade on April 27, South Korean officials announced on Thursday.
The decision comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearisation as tensions ease between the old foes.
South Korean officials announced the date of the summit after holding high-level talks with their North Korean counterparts on Thursday.
The two Koreas had agreed earlier in March to hold such a summit at the border truce village of Panmunjom. The talks were the first between the two Koreas since the delegation returned from the North.
A South Korean unification ministry official told reporters the two Koreas would hold a working-level meeting on April 4 to discuss details for the summit, such as staffing support, security and news releases.
They are technically still at war after the 195053 conflict ended with a ceasefire, not a truce.
Kim is also scheduled to meet Donald Trump some time in May to discuss denuclearisation, even though a time and place have not been set for that summit.
Kim met Chinese President Xi Jinping in a visit to Beijing this week, his first trip outside the isolated North since he came to power in 2011.
— Agencies
SOUTH officials announced the date of the summit after holding talks with their North counterparts. THE TWO Koreas will hold a working-level meeting on April 4 to discuss details for the summit, like staffing support, security and news releases.
THE TWO are technically still at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended in ceasefire, not a truce.