N. Korea’s Kim says a ‘new history begins now’

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This screen grab from the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) taken on April 27, 2018 shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in shaking hands at the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries at Panmunjom. The two men briefly stepped back over the line into the North before walking to the Peace House building on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom for the summit — only the third of its kind since hostilities ceased in 1953. / AFP/

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday hailed the beginning of a new era of peace, ahead of a summit with his Southern counterpart Moon Jae-in.

“A new history begins now – at the starting point of history and the era of peace,” read the message Kim wrote in a guestbook at the Peace House summit venue on the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas.

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