2018 was a year in which expectations for peace on the Korean Peninsula reached an all-time high.
The inter-Korean summits were held in April, May, and September, and the first-ever North Korea-US summit was held in June.
The Punggye-ri nuclear test site was also detonated in May.
[Interview; Colonel Park Yong-geon / North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Research Institute]
Didn't you all witness it?
When the entrance was blown up, there was another explosion and a huge eruption from inside.
There was an explosion from inside. If only the entrance had exploded, that would not have happened.
At the beginning of that year, North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un showed a gesture of reconciliation by expressing his intention to 'send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and have a dialogue' in his New Year's address.
[Interview; Kim Jong-un / Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea]
We must work together to ease military tensions and create a peaceful environment.
As for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea, we are willing to take necessary measures, including sending a delegation, and for this purpose, the authorities of the North and the South may meet urgently.
On February 9, a high-level delegation including Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's younger sister, visited South Korea for the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
As Kim Jong-un's special envoy, Kim Yo-jong delivered a personal letter inviting President Moon to visit North Korea.
However, North Korea's real intentions were different.
On February 8, the day before Kim Yo-jong's visit to South Korea, North Korea held a ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.
This is a document that verbatim copies of the speech Kim Jong-un gave to the 131st Guidance Bureau and the 2nd Academy of Natural Sciences on that day.
The 131st Guidance ... (중략)
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The inter-Korean summits were held in April, May, and September, and the first-ever North Korea-US summit was held in June.
The Punggye-ri nuclear test site was also detonated in May.
[Interview; Colonel Park Yong-geon / North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Research Institute]
Didn't you all witness it?
When the entrance was blown up, there was another explosion and a huge eruption from inside.
There was an explosion from inside. If only the entrance had exploded, that would not have happened.
At the beginning of that year, North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un showed a gesture of reconciliation by expressing his intention to 'send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and have a dialogue' in his New Year's address.
[Interview; Kim Jong-un / Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea]
We must work together to ease military tensions and create a peaceful environment.
As for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea, we are willing to take necessary measures, including sending a delegation, and for this purpose, the authorities of the North and the South may meet urgently.
On February 9, a high-level delegation including Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's younger sister, visited South Korea for the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
As Kim Jong-un's special envoy, Kim Yo-jong delivered a personal letter inviting President Moon to visit North Korea.
However, North Korea's real intentions were different.
On February 8, the day before Kim Yo-jong's visit to South Korea, North Korea held a ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army.
This is a document that verbatim copies of the speech Kim Jong-un gave to the 131st Guidance Bureau and the 2nd Academy of Natural Sciences on that day.
The 131st Guidance ... (중략)
▶ 기사 원문 : https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_202411290823168742
▶ 제보 안내 : http://goo.gl/gEvsAL, 모바일앱, social@ytn.co.kr, #2424
▣ YTN 데일리모션 채널 구독 : http://goo.gl/oXJWJs
[ 한국 뉴스 채널 와이티엔 / Korea News Channel YTN ]
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