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Politics27 April 2018

Panmunjom Declaration of 27 April

President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong Un met at Panmunjom and issued the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula.

Moon Jae-in revisiting the Panmunjom footbridge where he had tea with Kim Jong-un in 2018, September 2025
Moon Jae-in revisiting the Panmunjom footbridge where he had tea with Kim Jong-un in 2018, September 2025

Lt.Cmdr. Brendan Trembath · Public domain · Source

On 27 April 2018 the third inter-Korean summit was held at the Peace House on the southern side of Panmunjom. The two leaders issued the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula, confirming the goal of a nuclear-free peninsula through complete denuclearization and agreeing to pursue a declaration ending the war within the year and to open a joint liaison office in Kaesong.

The first North Korea–US summit followed in Singapore in June, and the September Pyongyang summit produced the September 19 Pyongyang Joint Declaration.

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States and rulers at the time
South Korea · signatory — President Moon Jae-in
North Korea · signatory — Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un
Places
Panmunjom

People

  • Moon Jae-in1953

    leader · 19th President (2017–2022). Held three inter-Korean summits in 2018, beginning at Panmunjom

  • Kim Jong Un

    leader · Son of Kim Jong Il and leader of North Korea since 2011; his birth year is unconfirmed

Before and after

Earlier
2011 Kim Jong Un Takes Power

Themes that include this event

  • Changing Unification Policies1948 – 2018

    From “march north” to the Panmunjom Declaration — inter-Korean relations from confrontation to dialogue, through joint statements and agreements to summits (up to 2018)