Tag: Moon Jae-in South Korea President

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 17:17 UTC

  Kim Jong-un ardently wants Pope to visit Pyongyang and support Korean peace

  

  Peace between both Koreas looks nearer after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he would “ardently welcome the pope if he visits Pyongyang” and has officially invited him over via his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, a presidential spokesman for the Seoul government announced Tuesday.

• Monday, May 28th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  US and North Korea preparing for the Trump/Kim Jong-un summit

  

  A US team is holding talks with North Korean officials to prepare a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and the North's leader Kim Jong-un. The talks in the village of Panmunjom, in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas, are the latest sign that the summit could take place after all.

• Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  Koreas leaders in historic summit agree to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons

  

  Friday's summit between the leaders of North and South Korea was a “historic meeting” paving the way for the start of a new era, North Korea's media say. North's Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons.

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 11:58 UTC

  Korean leaders agree to end “state of war” and denuclearize the peninsula

  

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed on Friday to finally end a seven-decade war this year, and pursue the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 07:56 UTC

  South Korean forces military exercises with live ammunition next to the DMZ

  

  South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered his country's military on Tuesday to display its capabilities that can overwhelm North Korea should the communist state decide to attack, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.

• Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 06:27 UTC

  South Korean elects human rights lawyer as president; pledges to increase contacts with Pyongyang

  

  The newly elected president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, is due to be sworn in after a decisive election victory. The 64-year-old human rights lawyer, known for his liberal views, has vowed to unify a divided country.