South Korea makes final preparations for Friday's inter-Korean summit
- 6 years ago
It's D-minus-three until the highly-anticipated inter-Korean summit,... and the South Korean government is doing final checks ahead of the historic event.
Let's connect straight to our Blue House correspondent Hwang Hojun who's on the phone to give us the latest.
Hojun,... the final countdown is on....
Good afternoon, Mark.
The pace is definitely picking up with only three days left.
The Blue House confirmed this morning that the inter-Korean summit preparatory committee will hold its own rehearsal session this afternoon at the summit venue,.... the "Peace House" on the South Korean side of Panmunjom,... to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok, who heads the committee will attend the rehearsal along with the three subcommittee chiefs in charge of agenda; communication and public relations; and operations support.
Every detail related to the actual summit, including the moving line, the order of events, the furniture inside the building, will be examined during the rehearsal.
They will convene afterward to discuss any issues or concern and will implement necessary changes on the final run through on the eve of the summit, which will involve more detail and of course more people.
On Wednesday, North Korea will send its delegates led by Kim Chang-son, an official from Pyongyang's State Affairs Commission to the Peace House.
And the two Koreas will hold a joint rehearsal.
And while the Presidential Office of Cheong Wa Dae didn't release the exact time, it did say the joint rehearsal will take place at the exact time as the leaders of Seoul and Pyongyang are set to meet on Friday.
They also confirmed there will be no stand-ins for President Moon or Kim Jong-un.
Along with the rehearsal today, the committee will kick off its operation of situation rooms in both the third floor of the Peace House and the Main Press Center located at the KINTEX exhibition hall in Goyang, northwest of Seoul.
The Main Press Center which will welcome media outlets from Korea and abroad will open on Thursday.
As of this morning, over two-thousand-eight-hundred reporters from 41 countries have registered to cover the historic event.
Back to you, Mark.
Let's connect straight to our Blue House correspondent Hwang Hojun who's on the phone to give us the latest.
Hojun,... the final countdown is on....
Good afternoon, Mark.
The pace is definitely picking up with only three days left.
The Blue House confirmed this morning that the inter-Korean summit preparatory committee will hold its own rehearsal session this afternoon at the summit venue,.... the "Peace House" on the South Korean side of Panmunjom,... to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok, who heads the committee will attend the rehearsal along with the three subcommittee chiefs in charge of agenda; communication and public relations; and operations support.
Every detail related to the actual summit, including the moving line, the order of events, the furniture inside the building, will be examined during the rehearsal.
They will convene afterward to discuss any issues or concern and will implement necessary changes on the final run through on the eve of the summit, which will involve more detail and of course more people.
On Wednesday, North Korea will send its delegates led by Kim Chang-son, an official from Pyongyang's State Affairs Commission to the Peace House.
And the two Koreas will hold a joint rehearsal.
And while the Presidential Office of Cheong Wa Dae didn't release the exact time, it did say the joint rehearsal will take place at the exact time as the leaders of Seoul and Pyongyang are set to meet on Friday.
They also confirmed there will be no stand-ins for President Moon or Kim Jong-un.
Along with the rehearsal today, the committee will kick off its operation of situation rooms in both the third floor of the Peace House and the Main Press Center located at the KINTEX exhibition hall in Goyang, northwest of Seoul.
The Main Press Center which will welcome media outlets from Korea and abroad will open on Thursday.
As of this morning, over two-thousand-eight-hundred reporters from 41 countries have registered to cover the historic event.
Back to you, Mark.