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Hello Jammu News at 4:47:00 PM 0


Seoul, Feb 22 :  Primer Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held constructive talks on Friday on enhancing bilateral cooperation in key areas including trade, investment, defence and security.

Modi, who is on a two-day visit to South Korea to strengthen India's strategic ties with the country, was accorded an official reception at the Blue House, the executive office and official residence of the South Korean President here. He also met First lady Kim Jung-sook.

Addressing the media after the "productive talks" with President Moon, Prime Minister Modi said that South Korea is an important partner in India's economic transformation.

Our trade and investment are growing, he said.

PM @narendramodi & Korean President @moonriver365 held constructive talks on enhancing cooperation in trade & investment, defence & security, energy, space, Start-Ups and people-to-people exchanges, said Raveesh Kumar, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.             [Agencies]
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Hello Jammu News at 12:26:00 PM 0

Pyongyang, Sep 20: The two Korean leaders took to the road for the final day of their summit Thursday, heading to a beautiful volcano considered sacred in the North and used in its propaganda to legitimize the Kims' three generations of rule. Their trip followed a day of wide-ranging agreements they trumpeted as a major step toward peace on the Korean Peninsula.

However, their premier accord on the issue most fascinating and worrisome the North's pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles that can accurately strike the U.S. mainland contained a big condition: Kim Jong Un stated he would permanently dismantle North Korea's main nuclear complex only if the United States takes unspecified corresponding measures.

Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in flew separately to an airport near Mount Paektu on Thursday morning where they met up and drove to the mountain on the North Korean-Chinese border. Members of the Kim family are referred to as sharing the "Paektu Bloodline." The volcano topped with a deep crater lake is also emblazoned on the national emblem and lends its name to everything from rockets to power stations.

Moon plans to return to South Korea later Thursday, but the leaders are still basking in the glow of the joint statement they settled Wednesday.

Compared to the vague language of their two earlier summits, Kim and Moon seem to have agreed on an ambitious program meant to tackle soaring tensions last year that had many fearing war as the North tested a string of increasingly powerful weapons.

Kim promised to accept international inspectors to monitor the closing of a key missile test site and launch pad and to visit Seoul soon, and both leaders vowed to work together to try to host the Summer Olympics in 2032.

But while containing several tantalizing offers, their joint statement appeared to fall short of the major steps many in Washington have been looking for such as a commitment by Kim to provide a list of North Korea's nuclear facilities, a solid step-by-step timeline for closing them down, or an agreement to allow international inspectors to assess progress or discover violations.

It also was unclear what "corresponding steps" North Korea wants from the U.S. to dismantle its nuclear site.

The question is whether it will be enough for President Donald Trump to pick up where Moon has left off. Trump told reporters Wednesday that the outcome of the summit was "very good news" and that "we're making tremendous progress" with North Korea. He didn't indicate in his brief remarks whether the U.S. would be willing to take further steps to encourage North Korean action on denuclearization.

Declaring they had made a major step toward peace, Moon and Kim stood side by side Wednesday as they announced their agreement.

"We have agreed to make the Korean Peninsula a land of peace that is free from nuclear weapons and nuclear threat," Kim said. "The road to our future will not always be smooth and we may face challenges and trials we can't anticipate. But we aren't afraid of headwinds because our strength will grow as we overcome each trial based on the strength of our nation."

Moon urged unity for all Koreans in a speech he gave Wednesday night to the crowd gathered for North Korea's signature mass games. "We have lived together for 5,000 years and lived in separation for 70 years. I now propose that we completely eliminate the hostility of the past 70 years and take a big step forward in peace so that we can become one again."

Historians say the 5,000-year timeline of Korean history is a groundless claim that became part of South Korea's official narrative after being inserted in school textbooks during the rule of former dictator Chun Doo-hwan.

This week's summit comes as Moon is under increasing pressure from Washington to find a path forward in efforts to get Kim to completely and unilaterally abandon his nuclear arsenal.

Trump has maintained that he and Kim have a solid relationship, and both leaders have expressed interest in a follow-up summit to their meeting in June in Singapore. North Korea has been demanding a declaration formally ending the Korean War, which was stopped in 1953 by a cease-fire, but neither leader mentioned it Wednesday as they read the joint statement.

In the meantime, however, Moon and Kim made concrete moves of their own to reduce tensions on their border.

According to a statement signed by the countries' defense chiefs, the two Koreas agreed to establish buffer zones along their land and sea borders to reduce military tensions and prevent accidental clashes. They also agreed to withdraw 11 guard posts from the Demilitarized Zone by December and to establish a no-fly zone above the military demarcation line that bisects the two Koreas that will apply to planes, helicopters and drones. (AP)

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Hello Jammu News at 1:48:00 PM 0

Pyongyang, Sept 19: South Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to permanently dismantle a missile engine test site and a launch pad in the presence of international experts in what he described as a specific step toward denuclearization.

Moon also said on Wednesday that the North agreed to take further steps such as permanently dismantling its main Nyongbyon nuclear complex if the United States takes corresponding measures.

Moon and Kim spoke at a news conference after signing a joint statement following their second day of summit talks in Pyongyang.

The leaders of the two Koreas signed a joint statement after their summit talks, but no details of what it said were released.

South Korean media pool footage showed South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signing the documents in Pyongyang on Wednesday.

The leaders posed for photos while displaying the documents.

Seoul says the two Koreans leaders are to jointly announce the results of their summit later Wednesday.

The defense chiefs of the two Koreas also signed their agreements that Seoul says are about reducing military tensions along the border. (AP)
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Hello Jammu News at 10:26:00 AM 0

Seoul, Aug 13: The two Koreas opened high-level talks today to prepare for a third summit between the South's President Moon Jae-in and the North's leader Kim Jong Un, amid the diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

The exact date and location of their next meeting have yet to be decided, but at their historic April summit in Panmunjom they agreed Moon would visit Kim in Pyongyang during the autumn.

Today's high-level talks, taking place on the northern side of the truce village in the Demilitarized Zone, were proposed by the North last week as it lashed out at Washington for pushing ahead with sanctions.

"We will review overall progress on carrying out the Panmunjom Declaration and discuss next steps," Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, who is leading the South's delegation, told reporters ahead of the meeting.

"Views will be exchanged as well with regard to the autumn summit meeting agreed upon in the declaration," he added.

The two Koreas have informally agreed the summit will take place in Pyongyang late this month or at the beginning of September, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, without citing a source.

Cho addressed the possibility of Pyongyang raising the issue of sanctions to the South, and said: "We will explain our position to the North." The rapid rapprochement between the two neighbours that began this year paved the way for a landmark meeting between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore in June.

Cross-border exchanges between the two Koreas have significantly increased since then, with the neighbours planning to hold reunions for war-separated families next week for the first time in three years.

But even as ties have improved, little progress has been made on the key issue of the North's denuclearisation.

Although Trump touted his summit with Kim as a historic breakthrough, the nuclear-armed North has since criticised Washington for its "gangster-like" demands of complete, verifiable and irreversible disarmament.

Meanwhile the US has urged the international community to maintain tough sanctions on the isolated regime.

Analysts say Moon could try to act as a mediator between the US and North Korea, having salvaged the Singapore meeting when Trump abruptly cancelled it.

If the third Moon-Kim summit takes place, the two are also expected to focus on hammering out a consensus on officially ending the 1950-53 Korean War, which concluded with an armistice instead of a peace treaty. (AFP)
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Hello Jammu News at 3:37:00 PM 0

New Delhi, Jul 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India is a stakeholder in the peace process in the Korean peninsula and it will make all efforts to ensure peace in the region.

Modi made the remarks after holding extensive talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

After their talks, the two countries signed four documents with an aim to strengthen their strategic cooperation.

At a joint media event, Modi also showered praise on the South Korean leader for initiating the peace process in the Korean peninsula

India is a stakeholder in the peace process in the Korean peninsula and it will do its bit to contribute to peace in the region, Modi said.

He said by signing an 'early harvest package' document, the two countries have taken a step forward in upgrading their comprehensive economic partnership agreement. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:34:00 PM 0


Seoul, May 2: South Korea's government has said US troops will remain in the country, even if a deal is reached to formally end the Korean War, a BBC News report said on Wednesday.
About 29,000 US soldiers are based in South Korea, under a security agreement reached after the war ended in 1953.
North Korea has previously made giving up its nuclear weapons conditional on the troops leaving the peninsula.
But a South Korean government spokesman said their presence was "nothing to do with signing peace treaties".
"US troops stationed in South Korea are an issue regarding the alliance between South Korea and the United States," said Kim Eui-kyeom, speaking for President Moon Jae-in.
In their breakthrough meeting last Friday, Mr Moon and North Korea's Kim Jong-un agreed to work towards a denuclearised Korean peninsula and a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War.
The war ended in 1953 with an armistice, so the Koreas are still technically at war.
The adviser's comment came in response to a newspaper column, written by an adviser to Mr Moon, which said it would be difficult to justify a continuing US troop presence if a peace treaty were to be signed.
While North Korea has been vocally opposed to the US troops in the past - and has been angered by joint US-Korean military drills - there was no explicit mention of them in the Panmunjom Declaration reached at the end of the summit.
The North Korean leader is reported, however, to have told South Korea that his country would have no need for nuclear weapons if its security was guaranteed.
Mr Kim is set to hold a further historic meeting in the coming weeks, this time with US President Donald Trump.
The meeting's agenda, date and location are yet to be determined.
But Mr Trump has previously questioned why the US is spending so much on its South Korean military presence.
White House chief of staff John Kelly this week fiercely denied comments from unnamed White House officials that Mr Trump had wanted to withdraw the entire deployment ahead of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. UNI

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Hello Jammu News at 8:06:00 PM 0



Seoul, Feb 10: North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-un has invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang at the "earliest date" possible for what will be a third inter-Korean summit since 2007.
The North Korean leader's sister, Yo-jong, delivered the invitation to Moon on Saturday at his office Cheong Wa Dae, Yonhap news agency reported.
"I hope the president will put a footprint in history that will be long remembered by the future generation by playing a leading role in opening a new era of unification," she added, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Moon, according to a presidential spokesmna, cited the conditions necessary for an inter-Korean summit.
"Let us make it happen by creating the necessary conditions in the future," he was quoted as saying.
Saturday's meeting also involved the North's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, who led what apparently turned out to be a 21-member delegation to the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics on Friday.
The presidential spokesman said the meeting at Cheong Wa Dae was held in a "friendly" atmosphere where the two sides exchanged views on a wide range of issues, including inter-Korean ties and other matters concerning the Korean Peninsula.
The proposed inter-Korean summit, if held, would be the third of its kind after those held in 2000 and 2007, both in Pyongyang.
The two Koreas technically remain at war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Kim Yo-jong is the only member of the North's ruling family to have visited the South since the end of the war. UNI
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