Inter-Korean summits

Inter-Korean summits
Korean name
Hangul	남북정상회담
Hanja	南北頂上會談
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Nambuk Jeongsang-hoedam McCune–Reischauer Nampuk Ch'ŏngsang-hoedam
Alternative Korean name
Hangul	북남수뇌상봉
Hanja	北南首腦相逢
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Bungnam Sunoe-sangbong McCune–Reischauer Pungnam Sunoe-sangpong

Inter-Korean summits are meetings between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea. There have been three such meetings so far (in 2000, 2007, and 2018). The importance of these summits lies in the lack of formal communication between North and South Korea, which makes discussing political and economic issues difficult. The summits' agendas have included topics such as the ending of the 1953 war (currently there is an armistice in force), the massive deployment of troops at the DMZ (approximately two million in total), the development of nuclear weapons by North Korea and human rights issues.

Overview

2000 inter-Korean summit

Main article: 2000 inter-Korean summit

In 2000, the representatives of the two governments met for the first time since the division of the Korean peninsula. Kim Dae-jung, the President of South Korea, who arrived at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, met Kim Jong-il, Supreme Leader of North Korea, directly under the trap of the airport, and the rallies and divisions of the People's Army Corps were held.

• Participants: Kim Dae-jung, President of the South Korea, and Kim Jong-il, Supreme Leader of North Korea
• Place of meeting: Pyongyang, North Korea
• Date of the meeting: June 13 - June 15, 2000
• Results of talks: June 15th North–South Joint Declaration

2007 inter-Korean summit

Main article: 2007 inter-Korean summit

In June 2007, a summit declaration was adopted, which included the realization of the June 15 Joint Declaration, the promotion of a three-party or four-party summit meeting to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula, and active promotion of inter-Korean economic cooperation projects.

• Participants: Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong-il, Supreme Leader of North Korea
• Place of meeting: Pyongyang, North Korea
• Date of the meeting: October 2 - October 4, 2007
• Results of talks: 2007 North–South Summit Declaration

2018 inter-Korean summit

Main article: 2018 inter-Korean summit

The 2018 inter-Korean summit was held on 27 April 2018 in South Korea's portion of the Joint Security Area, it was the third summit between South and North Korea, agreed by South Korea's President, Moon Jae-in, and North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un.

• Participants: Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea
• Place of meeting: Joint Security Area, South Korea
• Date of the meeting: April 27, 2018
• Results of talks: Panmunjom Declaration

See also

• Sunshine Policy
• Northern Limit Line
• 2000 inter-Korean summit
• 2007 inter-Korean summit
• 2018 inter-Korean summit
• 2018 North Korea–United States summit

Press releases

• Two Koreas to hold summit (CNN, Aug 7, 2007)
• New hope of inter-Korean detente (UPI, Aug 10, 2007)
• Inter-Korean summit (chinaview, Aug 8, 2007)
• Korean summit postponed by floods (CNN, Aug 18, 2007)

References

• The Second inter-Korean summit: Four Arguments Against and Why They Could Be Wrong (quoted by nautilus.org)
• Ban Ki-moon welcomes forthcoming inter-Korean summit
• Inter-Korean summit welcome
• Looking forward to new aspect of inter-Korean summit
• the eight-point agreement by the leaders of the two Koreas at the end of their summit (quoted by koreanblog.com)
• 2nd South-North Korean Summit Joint Statement, The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University

External links

• The inter-Korean summit:Evaluation and Tasks Ahead
• The inter-Korean summit and Unification Formulae
• Landmark inter-Korean summit begins with unification pledge
• The official homepage of 2007 inter-Korean summit
• The official website of the Republic of Korea
• Inter-Korean dialogue