The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friday offered to hold a joint¹ event with South Korea to celebrate the first ever inter-Korean summit which was held some 18 years ago, according to multiple local media reports.

 

朝鲜周五提议与韩国共同举行一场活动以庆祝18年前举行的首次朝韩峰会。

 

High-level officials from the DPRK and South Korea met at the border village of Panmunjom to discuss inter-Korean affairs.

 

The senior-level talks came after South Korean President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un held their surprise second summit on May 26 in Panmunjom.

 

The first inter-Korean summit was held in June 2000 in Pyongyang. After the summit, the June 15 Joint Declaration was signed by then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and then DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, father of the current leader Kim Jong Un.

 

During the ongoing² high-level dialogue, the DPRK proposed holding a joint celebration event for the June 15 Joint Declaration in South Korea, involving government officials, civilians³, political parties, legislators and civic⁴ groups.

 

South Korea offered to the DPRK establishing a joint liaison⁵ office of the two Koreas at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong as the first project to implement⁶ the Panmunjom Declaration, which Moon and Kim signed during their first summit on April 27.

 

Seoul also proposed a systematic⁷, phased cooperation in the forest field with the DPRK and the linking of railways on the eastern and western corridors of the two Koreas.

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