North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un And South Korean Leader Moon Jae-In Meet At The DMZ

Daily Mail: Kim Jong-un becomes the first North Korean dictator to cross into the South for 65 years, shakes hands with sworn enemy President Moon Jae-in and admits his 'heart is throbbing' with nerves

* North Korean dictator greeted by President Moon after crossing military demarcation line on 38th parallel
* Leaders are meeting at Panmunjom, the truce village where the Korean War armistice was signed in 1953
* Kim entered South Korea to meet President Moon at 9.30am local time (8.30pm EST and 12.30am GMT)
* After talks, Kim and Moon will have lunch separately before holding tree-planting ceremony in the afternoon
* Further talks will finish at dinner, with dishes painstakingly selected to emphasize unity between two Koreas

Kim Jong-un has become the first North Korean leader to step into the South for 65 years as he met with President Moon Jae-in for a historic peace summit on Friday.

The two sworn enemies met at the 38th parallel in the truce village of Panmunjom where they warmly shook hands, before Moon led Kim by the hand to cross into the South for the first time ever.

Those small steps must be seen in the context of the last year - when the United States, its ally South Korea and the North seemed at times to be on the verge of nuclear war as the North unleashed a torrent of weapons tests.

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The Latest: Moon, Kim vow more meetings in summit talks -- AP
Live Updates: Inter-Korean Summit -- BBC
Korea summit: Kim Jong-un promises 'a new beginning' as leaders meet – live -- The Guardian

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un And South Korean Leader Moon Jae-In Meet At The DMZ

Kim says he, Moon are on starting line of new Korean history -- AP
Korean summit starts with a handshake, after year of tension -- AP
'A new history starts now' as leaders of two Koreas begin summit -- Reuters
North Korea's Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea -- BBC
North and South Korea hold historic summit -- AFP
Handshakes that shook the world -- AFP
Seven decades of danger and detente between two Koreas -- AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korea's Moon Jae-in in DMZ for historic peace talks -- ABC News Online
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in for historic summit -- SCMP
Kim Jong Un: I'm willing to visit South Korean Presidential Office anytime -- UPI
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: I don't want to repeat history where we're unable to fulfill our agreements -- Business Insider
North and South Korean leaders meet for first time in more than 10 years -- DW
After 10 years of silence, N. Korea’s Kim wants to talk to South more -- RT
North Korea's Kim Called For End to History Of Confrontation - Moon's spokesman -- Sputnik
Kim Jong-un crosses border, becoming first North Korean leader to visit South Korea -- TASS
Historic meeting between North & South Korea leaders kicks off (VIDEO) -- RT

Commentaries And Analysis

Analysis: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shows sophistication in unscripted Korean summit moment -- Bill Birtles, ABC News Online
Korea summit 'is a great opportunity' -- Alexander Freund, DW
The Moon-Kim summit is historic, but denuclearization may not be on the agenda -- CNBC
Analysis: North Korea: Peace treaty and denuclearisation focus of inter-Korean summit -- Matthew Carney, ABC News Online
North Korea: What you need to know about the high-stakes inter-Korean summit -- Christina Zhou, ABC News Online
Could the Korean talks help resolve decades of conflict? -- James Bays, Al Jazeera
South Korea's summit aim: Prove talk with Kim is worth the while -- Christian Science Monitor