D-1, Historic meeting of Pres. Moon and Kim Jong-un to take place at 09:30 Friday
- 6 years ago
Less than an hour ago, Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok, who's chairing the summit preparatory committee gave a detailed briefing on the schedule of the much anticipated meeting between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
We now connect to our very own Hwang Hojun, part of the Panmunjom Press Pool, who is at the press center in Kintex.
Mark, so as you said, we finally have a set time for the historic meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas.
According to the preparatory committee chairman, the first encounter will take place at 9:30 am Korean Standard Time at the border village of Panmunjom.
So, Let me give you and our viewers a brief overview of what we can expect tomorrow.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will cross the Military Demarcation Line between the Military Armistice Commission T2 and T3 building, meaning he will be the first North Korean leader to step on South Korean soil in over 60 years
He will be greeted by South Korean President Moon Jae-in there and the two will then walk together towards the Peace House and receive a guard of honor, as part of the official welcoming ceremony.
Now when they enter the building, Kim Jong-un will sign the guest book on the first floor.
And starting at 10:30, the summit meeting between Moon and Kim will take place on the second floor of the Peace House.
The leaders will have lunch separately.
In the afternoon, the two leaders will plant a ceremonial pine tree on the military demarcation line, in recognition of their historic meeting,... also laying a keystone that reads quote "Here we plant peace and prosperity."
After taking a short walk together to the MDL signpost, engaging in some friendly conversation,...
they will then will sign and announce a statement of agreement, but the format and the location of the signing haven't yet been determined.
Starting at 6:30 pm, a welcoming dinner in honor of the North Korean leader will take place.
And the historic day will end with a farewell party.
Im also noted the top agenda items at the summit are the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of permanent peace.
However he stressed that it's hard to know for sure how much of an agreement President Moon and Kim Jong-un can reach and how such an agreement can be stipulated.
Well there are a lot that we can look forward to. Hojun, do we know anything about who will be participating besides Kim Jong-un?
Indeed.
So what we know so far, the Presidential Chief of Staff said there will be total of 9 officials from North Korea who will be participating.
Among them are, Kim Yong-nam, the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly,... Kim Yong-chol, the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,... Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's younger sister and the First Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,... and RI Yong-ho, North Korea's Foreign Minister.
Now of course,
We now connect to our very own Hwang Hojun, part of the Panmunjom Press Pool, who is at the press center in Kintex.
Mark, so as you said, we finally have a set time for the historic meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas.
According to the preparatory committee chairman, the first encounter will take place at 9:30 am Korean Standard Time at the border village of Panmunjom.
So, Let me give you and our viewers a brief overview of what we can expect tomorrow.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will cross the Military Demarcation Line between the Military Armistice Commission T2 and T3 building, meaning he will be the first North Korean leader to step on South Korean soil in over 60 years
He will be greeted by South Korean President Moon Jae-in there and the two will then walk together towards the Peace House and receive a guard of honor, as part of the official welcoming ceremony.
Now when they enter the building, Kim Jong-un will sign the guest book on the first floor.
And starting at 10:30, the summit meeting between Moon and Kim will take place on the second floor of the Peace House.
The leaders will have lunch separately.
In the afternoon, the two leaders will plant a ceremonial pine tree on the military demarcation line, in recognition of their historic meeting,... also laying a keystone that reads quote "Here we plant peace and prosperity."
After taking a short walk together to the MDL signpost, engaging in some friendly conversation,...
they will then will sign and announce a statement of agreement, but the format and the location of the signing haven't yet been determined.
Starting at 6:30 pm, a welcoming dinner in honor of the North Korean leader will take place.
And the historic day will end with a farewell party.
Im also noted the top agenda items at the summit are the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of permanent peace.
However he stressed that it's hard to know for sure how much of an agreement President Moon and Kim Jong-un can reach and how such an agreement can be stipulated.
Well there are a lot that we can look forward to. Hojun, do we know anything about who will be participating besides Kim Jong-un?
Indeed.
So what we know so far, the Presidential Chief of Staff said there will be total of 9 officials from North Korea who will be participating.
Among them are, Kim Yong-nam, the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly,... Kim Yong-chol, the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,... Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's younger sister and the First Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,... and RI Yong-ho, North Korea's Foreign Minister.
Now of course,