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    In South Korea, Summit With North Korea Is Greeted With Hope — And Skepticism

    News of the agreement to seek a peace treaty ending the Korean War and achieve nuclear disarmament has inspired some to dream of a nation reunited. Others warn that big problems are likely to remain.
    by Anthony Kuhn Apr 27, 2018 4 minutes
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace after signing the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula during the Inter-Korean Summit at the Peace House on Friday.

    In a day filled with compelling images and stirring rhetoric, Friday's political theater and media spectacle in South Korea had something for just about everyone. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took historic strides across the border to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Then, he invited Moon to step briefly into the North. Over the course of the day, the two leaders took part in a tree-planting ceremony and met one-on-one in the Demilitarized Zone; they smiled and embraced, and at the end of their historic summit, announced lofty goals.

    The agreement by the two leaders — to hammer out a formal peace

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