TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting American leader to step foot into North Korea after he briefly entered the country before holding a bilateral meeting with Pyongyang’s Kim Jong-un at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), that divides the two Koreas.
Trump, who is on a two-day visit to South Korea, first walked toward the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), which divides the truce village of Panmunjom, also called the Joint Security Area. Then Kim showed up and approached Trump. They shook hands and crossed the line together into the northern side. They posed for photos before walking across it into South Korea.
Trump told the media that it was a “great honour to cross that line (DMZ)”. This was the first time for leaders of the two nations to hold a meeting at Panmunjom since the Korean War ended with the Armistice Agreement in 1953. Kim, meanwhile, deemed the meeting “as a “historic moment”, adding that the crossing reflected his decision to open a new future in Pyongyang-Washington relations.
