By Lee Chi-dong<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SEOUL, June 30 (NNN-YONHAP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled denuclearization talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two leaders shook hands with grins and crossed the inter-Korean border into the North together in their historic third face-to-face encounter, making Trump the first sitting U.S. President to have set foot in the communist state. The two countries fought each other in the 1950-53 Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They briefly chatted and posed for photos together there before walking across it into the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump said he was “proud to step over that line.” He said flamboyantly, “It’s a great honor. … It’s a great day for the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim hailed it as an “expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was their first meeting since their Hanoi summit in late February fell part due to differences over the definition of substantive denuclearization in return for sanctions relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After they crossed back into the South, they were joined by South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The three leaders walked into the Freedom House, a building on the southern side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim and Trump sat together for joint press availability for a time, then pool reporters were urged to leave the room while the two leaders remained behind and apparently held closed-door bilateral talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite a post-Hanoi stall in denuclearization talks, the Panmunjom meeting demonstrated that their personal ties remain good, as Trump has often touted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim spoke about the short notice of the meeting. He said he was “surprised” by Trump’s Twitter invitation Saturday to the DMZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked by a reporter if he’s willing to invite Kim to the White House, Trump said, “I would invite him right now, to the White House.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s unclear whether Washington and Pyongyang would formally describe the Panmunjom session as a third bilateral summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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