Kim Jong Un walks across border to meet South Korean president -- live updates

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

GOYANG, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked across the border Friday and met South Korean President Moon Jae-in. It's the first time a member of the Kim dynasty has set foot on southern soil since the end of the Korean War in 1953 and the latest bid to settle the world's last Cold War standoff.

Kim's news agency said earlier Friday that the leader would "open-heartedly" discuss with Moon "all the issues arising in improving inter-Korean relations."

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With a single step over a weathered, cracked slab of concrete, Kim made the historic trip Friday by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet his rival Moon for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons. Kim then invited Moon to cross briefly north with him before they returned to the southern side.

Those small steps must be seen in the context of the last year -- when the United States, its ally South Korea and the North seemed at times to be on the verge of nuclear war as the North unleashed a torrent of weapons tests -- but also in light of the long, destructive history of the rival Koreas, who fought one of the 20th century's bloodiest conflicts and even today occupy a divided peninsula that's still technically in a state of war.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kim-jong-un-walks-across-border-live-updates-today-2018-04-26/

[roody]

1. No hay mal que por bien no venga.

There is no bad thing that good does not come out of.

[certainot]

2. interesting.....

and about time

[dustyscamp]

3. I hate how Trump and his fans are going to use what happened today to make his Presidency look good

[bluestarone]

11. Very true. BUT

I put more credit to the South Korean leader!! I feel HE really is the reason for bringing this along after the Olympics! RUMP was talking BOMB BOMB BOMB! and the South Korean Leader wanted TALKS TALKS TALKS!!

[MadDAsHell]

12. Who the fk cares. Peace for the Korean people is far more important than Presidential polls.

Trump getting credit is the least of my concerns.

[samnsara]

4. my 93 yr old WWII/Korean War Vet father was engrossed in the coverage...he was smiling..

...he said he hoped he did something good during the war to make that happen.

[blugbox]

7. Thank him for his service!

I'm very glad he got to see this moment. I know we don't know what the future holds, but it is history in the making

[BigmanPigman]

5. When I saw him step over the border to shake hands

I envisioned an old cartoon of a welcome mat over a trap door with an alligator pit underneath. Of course the alligator would get sick afterwards....too much fat.

[pangaia]

6. Humm.. I hope I hope...

But, remember.. looks like he just lost his nuclear test site... or some such.....

[Historic NY]

8. I never thought I'd see it, but where there is a will there is a way.

Maybe the crazy dotard spurred it but, then again perhaps it was more the Korean people themselves.

[Calista241]

9. This is going to be a disaster for us.

If trump signs an armistice or non-aggression pact and truly ends the war / gets NK to verifiably de-nuclearize, we’ll hear about nothing else. Bringing the majority of the US 8th Army home to America will be a part of that.

His competence on the world stage will be results driven, and he’ll have a giant accomplishment to crow about for years. He’ll be seen as a fucking peacemaker that did the impossible.

You know how they talk about Reagan ending the Cold War, they’ll be talking about Trump like that in 20 years.

[chelsea0011]

10. Man, you gotta hope for the best but Un must be relishing this, being

on the front stage as a world leader.

[Maxheader]

13. Wouldn't

trust the little bugger for anything..
guess time will tell...china is coaching
him...