남북정상회담서 평화협정 체결 가능성 그리고 비핵화 의미
Come next Friday, the historic meeting between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be held.
Attention now shifts to the possibility of the establishment of peace on the Peninsula... as the two sides were divided following a war that ended in an armistice.
Cha Sang-mi starts us off with this exciting development.
At the upcoming inter-Korean summit, the Presidential Office of Cheong Wa Dae is looking for a way to achieve a peace treaty between the two Koreas.
Hostilities in the Korean War ended not with a formal peace, but with an armistice, which means South and North are technically still at war.
A high-level official said in the briefing on Wednesday that the South Korean government is looking into the possibility of a formal peace treaty.
The official hinted that what could happen... is that an agreement is reached between the two Koreas at the inter-Korean summit,... and then a formal end to the Korean War is declared at the summit between the United States and North Korea.
But the official underscored that this would need to be discussed thoroughly by all the parties directly involved.
This announcement comes in response to comments made by President Trump during his two days of talks this week with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in which he said that the two Koreas are discussing an end to the Korean War.
As for the main agenda of the summit,... denuclearization,... the Chief of the National Security Office , Chung Eui-yong, announced on Wednesday that Seoul and Washington are considering ways to reward Pyongyang, should it really decide to denuclearize.
One of which is removing what North Korea says are its own concerns about its security.
Chung was asked whether 'denuclearization' could have different meanings to the different sides involved in the talks,... but he said he doesn't see that as the case.
"Chung added that while there might be differences in terms of the details,… when it comes to the big picture, Seoul, Washington, and Pyongyang do not see denuclearization that differently,… so a nuclear-free Peninsula is not an unreachable goal.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News."
