Two Koreas agree to broadcast live parts of 2018 Inter-Korean Summit next week
- 6 years ago
Turning to the latest development regarding the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit,... now just over a week away.
Seoul and Pyongyang have agreed that parts of the April 27th summit can be broadcast live around the world.
It means we'll be able to watch a piece of history when the leaders of the two Koreas shake hands and greet each other.
Cha Sang-mi has the details.
South Korean officials who travelled to the North Korean side of the border village of Panmunjom for the second round of working-level talks between the two Koreas to prepare for the 2018 inter-Korean summit returned to Seoul on Wednesday after an over five-hour meeting earlier on the same day.
The working-level talks were on security, protocol and media coverage of the historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next week.
And, news has it... the two Koreas have agreed to allow live television broadcasts for parts of the April 27th summit meeting between the two leaders.
The two sides at the working-level talks today, agreed to broadcast live to the entire world the historic inter-Korean summit, starting with the two leaders' first hand shake to all key moments of the summit's agenda.
The Presidential Blue House said the live coverage will also include other events of the unprecedented meeting, but did not give specific details.
The inter-Korean summit next Friday will only be the third meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas since the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War and analysts view it as a crucial step in the global diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff.
It's also highly symbolic in that it will be the first summit ever to take place on South Korean soil... and to be followed by the first-ever summit between North Korea and the United States... expected for the end of May or early June.
Seoul's top office said working-level officials from the two Koreas will hold additional meetings before the April 27th summit to fine tune the details.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
Seoul and Pyongyang have agreed that parts of the April 27th summit can be broadcast live around the world.
It means we'll be able to watch a piece of history when the leaders of the two Koreas shake hands and greet each other.
Cha Sang-mi has the details.
South Korean officials who travelled to the North Korean side of the border village of Panmunjom for the second round of working-level talks between the two Koreas to prepare for the 2018 inter-Korean summit returned to Seoul on Wednesday after an over five-hour meeting earlier on the same day.
The working-level talks were on security, protocol and media coverage of the historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next week.
And, news has it... the two Koreas have agreed to allow live television broadcasts for parts of the April 27th summit meeting between the two leaders.
The two sides at the working-level talks today, agreed to broadcast live to the entire world the historic inter-Korean summit, starting with the two leaders' first hand shake to all key moments of the summit's agenda.
The Presidential Blue House said the live coverage will also include other events of the unprecedented meeting, but did not give specific details.
The inter-Korean summit next Friday will only be the third meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas since the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War and analysts view it as a crucial step in the global diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff.
It's also highly symbolic in that it will be the first summit ever to take place on South Korean soil... and to be followed by the first-ever summit between North Korea and the United States... expected for the end of May or early June.
Seoul's top office said working-level officials from the two Koreas will hold additional meetings before the April 27th summit to fine tune the details.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.