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It was the first time since the Korean War that a North Korean leader had entered South Korean territory. [108] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in met at the line that divides Korea. [109] The summit ended with both countries pledging to work towards complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
In his New Year address for 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un proposed sending a delegation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. [62] The Seoul–Pyongyang hotline was reopened after almost two years. [63] North and South Korea marched together in the Olympics opening ceremony and fielded a united women's ice hockey team. [64]
2000 inter-Korean summit was a meeting between South Korean president Kim Dae-jung and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 's supreme leader Kim Jong-il, which took place in Pyongyang from June 13 to June 15, 2000. It was the first inter-Korean summit since the Korean War 1950-1953. [1]
The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. The Soviet Union and the United States failed to agree on a way to unify the country, and in 1948, they established ...
The division of Korea began on August 15, 1945 when the official announcement of the surrender of Japan was released, thus ending the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the war, the Allied leaders had already been considering the question of Korea's future following Japan's eventual surrender in the war.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang, North Korea, 19 June 2024 The foreign relations of North Korea have been shaped by its conflict with South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) and its historical ties with world communism .
The Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) were simultaneously admitted to the United Nations (UN) in 1991. On 8 August 1991, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 702, recommending both states to the General Assembly for membership.
Kim Jong Il as supreme leader. President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. Kim Yong-nam. 김영남. (born 1928) 5 September 1998. 11 April 2019. 20 years, 218 days. Workers' Party of Korea.