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关键词:calls for peace zone South Korean with North Korea
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“IF NORTH KOREA MAKES SINCERE EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT DENUCLEARIZATION, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD ALSO RECIPROCATE,” MOON SAID. “THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE ZONE WILL PROVIDE AN INSTITUTIONAL AND REALISTIC GUARANTEE TO NORTH KOREA’S SECURITY. AT THE SAME TIME, SOUTH KOREA WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO GAIN PERMANENT PEACE.”
IF SUCH TALKS LEAD TO A BREAKTHROUGH AND MR. KIM VISITS SOUTH KOREA, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST SUCH TRIP BY A NORTH KOREAN LEADER TO THE SOUTH BEYOND THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE AND COULD GIVE THE PARTY OF SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT, MOON JAE-IN, A LIFT AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL.
BUT TODAY THE KOREAN PENINSULA REMAINS DIVIDED; THE KOREAN WAR REMAINS UNRESOLVED; AND THERE IS NO PEACE, NOT BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS OR BETWEEN THE U.S. AND NORTH KOREA. ALTHOUGH THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SOUTH KOREANS WANT AN END TO THE KOREAN WAR, PEACE IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY THE LACK OF PROGRESS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND NORTH KOREA.
TRUMP CALLS RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA'S KIM 'THE BEST THING' FOR US
THE U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH KOREA, STEPHEN BIEGUN, SPOKE BY TELEPHONE WITH HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPART, LEE DO-HOON, ON TUESDAY MORNING, SOUTH KOREA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID IN A STATEMENT.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAY ENTERTAIN DIRECT TALKS WITH NORTH KOREA. BUT THE SAME ADMINISTRATION ALSO BLOCKED JOINT ECONOMIC PROJECTS LIKE THE INTER-KOREAN RAILWAY AND REFUSED TO END SANCTIONS AS A PRECONDITION TO AN EVENTUAL PEACE TREATY. PROGRESSIVES CAN DO BETTER BY PUSHING TO END SANCTIONS AND SIGN A PEACE TREATY TO FORMALLY END THE KOREAN WAR. THAT’S THE CHOICE THE U.S. FACES: COOPERATE WITH THE PEACE PROCESS IN FULL, OR PERPETUATE A FOREVER WAR THAT EXACTS A BLOODY TOLL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
NEW YORK, SEPT. 23 (YONHAP) -- U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID MONDAY THAT PYONGYANG IS STICKING TO ITS SUMMIT AGREEMENT WITH WASHINGTON DESPITE THERE BEING NO EASING OF SANCTIONS, AND SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN EXPRESSED HOPE FOR ANOTHER SUMMIT BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
TITLED ‘OUT OF BREATH’, IT’S A MOVING AND MEMORABLE FILM, DESERVING TO BE MORE WIDELY VIEWED – WHICH IT CAN BE, ON THE PROGRAM’S WEBSITE [III]. “I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TUBERCULOSIS CENTRE I VISITED,” THE FILM-MAKER, HEIN S SEOK, HAS WRITTEN[IV]. “AS SOON AS WE STOPPED, THE NORTH KOREAN MEDICAL TEAM RUSHED OVER WITH HUGE SMILES. I REALISED I WAS WITNESSING A REUNION OF OLD FRIENDS WHO HAD BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL FOR DECADES… I DISCARDED ANY ASSUMPTIONS I MIGHT HAVE HAD ABOUT THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE.”
KIM GAVE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH KOREAN STUDIES, JUST HOURS BEFORE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND DENUCLEARIZATION IN NEW YORK.
WITH THE NEW SOUTHERN POLICY, SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO BUILD BETTER RELATIONS WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA. I THINK THIS POLICY IS VERY WISE AND TIMELY. THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN ESPECIALLY FOLLOWS UP ON THIS POLICY WITH PRACTICAL MEASURES IS ALSO VERY MUCH WELCOMED. I THINK ALL ASEAN COUNTRIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH SOUTH KOREA TO TRANSFORM THIS POLICY INTO REAL ACTIONS WHICH BRING ABOUT MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KOREA AND THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.
KUHN: DIPLOMACY BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS LAST YEAR PAVED THE WAY FOR THE DEMINING. BUT SINCE THEN, ONLY A FEW HUNDRED OF THE ROUGHLY 1 MILLION LANDMINES SCATTERED AROUND SOUTH KOREA HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENTS HAVE NOT SIGNED THE OTTAWA TREATY BANNING THE USE OF LANDMINES, CITING THE DANGER OF A NORTH KOREAN ATTACK. BUT THEY SHOULD, ARGUES DR. CHO JAI-KOOK, HEAD OF THE KOREA CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES. HE ESTIMATES THAT 80% OF THEM WERE PLANTED OUTSIDE THE DMZ AFTER THE WAR TO GUARD U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, WHICH HAVE LONG SINCE BEEN REMOVED.

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