May 2018 inter-Korean summit

May 2018 inter-Korean summit South Korea: 2018년 남북정상회담 North Korea: 2018년 북남수뇌상봉
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Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un shaking hands
Host country	North Korea
Motto	평화, 새로운 시작 平和, 새로운 始作 (Peace, A New Start)
Venue(s)	Unification Pavilion
Participants	Kim Jong Un Moon Jae-in
Website	2018 Inter-Korean Summit

The May 2018 inter-Korean summit was the second inter-Korean summit in 2018. On 26 May, North Korean state chairman Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in met again in the joint Security Area, this time on the North Korean side in the Inter-Korean Peace House in the Unification Pavilion.^[1][2] The meeting took two hours, and unlike other summits it had not been publicly announced beforehand.^[3] Photos released by South Korea's presidential office showed Moon arriving at the northern side of the Panmunjom truce village and shaking hands with Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, before sitting down with Kim for their summit. Moon was accompanied by Suh Hoon, Director of the National Intelligence Service of South Korea, while Kim was joined by Kim Yong-chol, a former military intelligence chief who is now a vice chairman of the North Korean ruling party's central committee tasked with inter-Korean relations. The meeting was largely centered around North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's upcoming summit with US President Donald Trump.^[2] Kim and Moon also embraced before Moon returned to South Korea.^[2] On 27 May, Moon stated in a public address that he and Kim agreed to meet again at "anytime and anyplace" without any formality and that the North Korean leader once again pledged to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula in accordance with the Panmunjom Declaration.^[4]