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The US president has said he hopes to meet with Kim in May or June, and a White House official has said Trump may seek to meet with Moon before hand

Trump praises historic North, South Korea meeting

The two leaders solemnly declared before the 80 million Korean people and the whole world that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and thus a new era of peace has begun.

Full statement: Panmunjom declaration for peace, prosperity and unification of the Korean peninsula

In a historic move, the two Korean leaders decided to convert the Demilitarised Zone(DMZ) into a "peace zone"

In joint statement, North and South Korea decide to convert DMZ into 'peace zone'

Senior presidential official Yoon Young-chan also said Kim told Moon he would be willing to visit the presidential Blue House in Seoul, and wanted to meet "more often" in the future

Kim Jong-Un sorry for keeping South Korean President Moon up with late night missile tests

South Korean honour guards will then escort the leaders to a welcome ceremony at a plaza in Panmunjom, the border village where the summit is to be held, the South's presidential chief of staff, Im Jong-seok, told a media briefing.

South Korea's Moon to meet North Korea's Kim at border for summit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will welcome Kim Jong Un as he walks across the military demarcation line between the neighbours, still technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

South Korea to hit pause on Friday to soak in the historic summit

During its stint there, the 60th Parachute Field Ambulance Unit suffered three fatal and 23 non-fatal casualties.

On eve of inter-Korean summit, Indian Army's 'forgotten' role in Korean war

India-South Korea ties took off at the turn of the new millennium, with president APJ Abdul Kalam's visit to Seoul in the year 2006.

India-South Korea relations: How friendship grew over the years

The leader will be served Swiss rösti with a Korean style in a specially curated banquet menu, presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said in a briefing Tuesday

Here's what Kim and Moon will feast on at the Korean Summit this week

Four North Koreans were also killed in the crash

North Korea's Kim Jong-un expresses 'bitter sorrow' over bus crash that killed 32 Chinese

The DMZ - a legacy of the Cold War - intersects the 38th Parallel, which was the border separating the two countries before the Korean war of 1950.

Ahead of the inter-Korean summit, ground report from DMZ

The G-7 ministers called for North Korea to abandon all weapons of mass destruction, including biological and chemical weapons, and its ballistic missile programmes, including short- and medium-range missiles capable of hitting South Korea and Japan, according to Kono

G-7 ministers will never accept North Korea until it remains armed: Japanese foreign minister

North and South Korea are in the final stages of preparations for a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In at the border truce village of Panmunjom on Friday

South Korea switches off propaganda broadcasts, Moon upbeat on North Korea nuclear halt

The President of BRP South Korea Chapter, Ameer Baloch, urged international organisations such as the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) to take note of the human rights violations in Balochistan and to raise their voices against the alleged atrocities committed on its people

Baloch activists protest in South Korea against Pak atrocities

North Korea's decision to close its nuclear test site and suspend missile tests is a 'meaningful progress' for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's presidential office said on Saturday

North Korea making meaningful progress towards denuclearization: South Korea

South Koreans have lived for decades under the threat of war with their hostile and now nuclear-armed neighbour

South Korean is sceptical of North Korea's 'nuclear' promises

South Korea has led the world for many years in the development of advanced telecom technologies

India in talks with South Korea for setting up 5G test labs

South Korea's presidential Blue House and North Korea's State Affairs Commission tested the hotline for four minutes before South Korea's Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong Un talk ahead of next week's summit

North and South Korea get neighbourly with direct hotline

The two countries are discussing various ways to improve the security situation on the Korean peninsula towards a 'a structure that is more fully peaceful', a high-ranking presidential official said

South Korea considering peace treaty with North

U.S. Secretary of State nominee and CIA Director Mike Pompeo became the most senior U.S. official known to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when he visited Pyongyang at the end of March to discuss a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump

South Korea says discussing peace deal with North Korea ahead of summit

Choi Eun-hee was kidnapped by the North's Korea agents on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un's late father and forced to make movies for the regime

South Korean actress, once kidnapped to North Korea, dies at 91

The rare inter-Korean summit is scheduled to take place in just over two weeks, while the second meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim is expected as early as May.

South Korean NSA flies to US to meet John Bolton over North Korea talks

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News brief: Big stories of the day

Trump praises historic North, South Korea meeting

Full statement: Panmunjom declaration for peace, prosperity and unification of the Korean peninsula

In joint statement, North and South Korea decide to convert DMZ into 'peace zone'

Kim Jong-Un sorry for keeping South Korean President Moon up with late night missile tests

South Korea's Moon to meet North Korea's Kim at border for summit

South Korea to hit pause on Friday to soak in the historic summit

On eve of inter-Korean summit, Indian Army's 'forgotten' role in Korean war

India-South Korea relations: How friendship grew over the years

Here's what Kim and Moon will feast on at the Korean Summit this week

North Korea's Kim Jong-un expresses 'bitter sorrow' over bus crash that killed 32 Chinese

Ahead of the inter-Korean summit, ground report from DMZ

G-7 ministers will never accept North Korea until it remains armed: Japanese foreign minister

South Korea switches off propaganda broadcasts, Moon upbeat on North Korea nuclear halt

Baloch activists protest in South Korea against Pak atrocities

North Korea making meaningful progress towards denuclearization: South Korea

News brief: Big stories of the day

South Korean is sceptical of North Korea's 'nuclear' promises

India in talks with South Korea for setting up 5G test labs

North and South Korea get neighbourly with direct hotline

South Korea considering peace treaty with North

South Korea says discussing peace deal with North Korea ahead of summit

South Korean actress, once kidnapped to North Korea, dies at 91

South Korean NSA flies to US to meet John Bolton over North Korea talks