| June
1. | - The two Koreas hold the
high-level meeting for the implementation of the Panmunjeom
Declaration at the Peace House on the southern side of
Panmunjeom.
- Delegates: (South) Unification Minister
Cho Myoung-gyon (chief), Second Vice Minister of Culture,
Sports and Tourism Roh Tae-kang, Vice Minister for Land,
Infrastructure, and Transport Kim Jeong-ryeol, Deputy
Minister for Unification Policy Kim Nam-joong, Deputy
Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office Ahn
Moon-hyun, and Vice Administrator for Korea Forest Service
Ryu Kwang-su (substitute). (North) Chairman of the Committee
for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) Ri Son
Gwon (chief), Vice Minister of Railroads Kim Yun Hyok, Vice
Minister of Sports Won Kil U, CPRC Vice Chairman Pak Yong
Il, and Vice Chairman of the National Economic Cooperation
Committee Pak Myong Chol.
- Joint Press Release:
Opening a joint liaison office as soon as possible;
exploring ways to mark the 18th anniversary of the June 15
Joint Declaration; holding general-level military talks on
June 14, a sports meeting on June 18, a Red Cross meeting on
June 22, meetings for cooperation in railways, roads, and
forestry, and working-level meetings for the North Korean
art troupe’s performances in the South scheduled for this
fall. |
| June 5. | - The ROK government notifies the North of
a plan to dispatch an advance team to inspect facilities in
preparation for the opening of the inter-Korean joint
liaison office.
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| June 6. |
- President Moon, in his speech
marking the 63rd Memorial Day, says, “When inter-Korean
relations improve, the excavation of remains in the
demilitarized zone will be carried out first.”
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| June 7. |
- North Korea agrees to the South’s plan to send the
advance team.
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| June 7. |
- The Organization for Cooperation
between Railways (OSJD) approves the ROK as a full member.
- North Korea’s approval vote met the requirement of
“unanimous approval by existing members” for a country to be
newly admitted. |
| June 8. |
- The 14-member team for a joint
liaison office, led by Vice Unification Minister Chun
Hae-sung, visits the Gaeseong Industrial Complex to check
the facilities.
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| June
10. | - North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un arrives in Singapore and meets with Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong.
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| June
11. | - The ROK government
conducts a full-scale survey of all separated families to
determine whether they are still alive and whether they want
to visit their hometowns or send video messages (until
August 10).
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| June 12. |
- The North Korea-US summit meeting
is held on Sentosa Island, Singapore.
- Joint
Statement: Establishing new US DPRK relations; joining their
– efforts to build a lasting and stable peace system on the
Korean Peninsula; reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjeom
Declaration, the DPRK commits to working toward complete
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; recovering POW/MIA
remains, including the immediate repatriation of those
already identified.
- US President Trump stated,
“North Korea will begin denuclearization right now. After
agreeing on the joint statement, we had an important
negotiation. They will remove a specific ballistic missile
test site and many other facilities. We will stop military
exercises that cost us a fortune. I think that they are
satisfied with our decision because the exercises are
provocative. As long as Pyeongyang acts in good faith, we
will not conduct military exercises.” |
| June 12. | - The ROK
government notifies the North that it plans to have the
personnel commute to Gaeseong to check the facilities on
June 14-15 before the beginning of the renovation work for
the opening of the inter-Korean joint liaison office.
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| June 14. | - President Moon meets with US Secretary
of State Pompeo and hears the outcome of the North Korea-US
summit.
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| June 14. | - The foreign ministers from the ROK and
Japan and the US Secretary of State have a meeting in
Seoul.
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| June 14. | - The South and the North hold
general-level military talks at the Thongil House on the
northern side of Panmunjeom.
- Delegates: (South) Kim
Do-kyun (chief), director general of the North Korea Policy
at the Ministry of National Defense (MND); Cho Yong-keun,
director of the MND’s North Korea Policy Division; Ahn
Sang-min, director of the Maritime Operations Division of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Hwang Jeong-ju, director of the
Office of Inter-Korean Dialogue of the Ministry of
Unification; Park Seung-ki, assistant secretary to the
President at the National Security Office. (North) Army
Lieut. Gen. An Ik San (chief), Army Col. Um Chang Nam, Army
Col. Kim Dong Il, Navy Captain Oh Myong Chol, and Army
Lieut. Col. Kim Kwang Hyup.
- Joint Press Release:
Implementing the agreements at the general-level military
talks on June 4, 2004 to prevent clashes on the West Sea and
agreeing to complete restoration of military communications
lines in the East and West Sea areas; ceasing hostile acts,
turning the NLL area on the West Sea into a maritime peace
zone, providing military security for inter-Korean exchange
and cooperation, and exchanging opinions on the
demilitarization of the Joint Security Area in
Panmunjeom. |
| June 14. |
- President Moon, in a general meeting
of the National Security Council, states that if North Korea
puts denuclearization measures into action and inter-Korean
dialogue continues faithfully, we need to flexibly apply the
military pressure against the North and will carefully
reconsider the ROK-US joint military exercises.
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| June 15. |
- The ROK government returns four North Korean fishermen
rescued on the East Sea to the North via Panmunjeom at
17:00.
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| June 15. | - North Korea agrees to permit access by
the South Korean personnel and vehicles to the Gaeseong
Industrial Complex on June 19-20 in preparation for the
renovation work of the inter-Korean joint liaison
office.
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| June 18. | - The two Koreas hold the sports talks at
the Peace House on the southern side of Panmunjeom.
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Delegates: (South) Secretary General of the Korean Sport and
Olympic Committee Jeon Choong-ryul (chief), Director of the
Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MCST) Lee Hae-don,
directors of the Ministry of Unification Kim Seok-kyu and
Song Hye-jin, and Vice Secretary General of the Korean Sport
and Olympic Committee Park Chul-keun.
(North) Vice
Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Won Kil U,
Department Director of the Ministry of Physical Culture and
Sports Pak Chon Jong, and Department Director of the
Committee of the Peaceful Reunification of the Country
(CPRC) Hong Si Gon.
- Joint Press Release: Holding the
South-North unified basketball games in Pyeongyang on July 4
and in Seoul this fall; marching together at the opening and
closing ceremonies of the 2018 Asian Games and forming a
unified team for some sports; promoting sports cooperation
between the two Koreas, including joint participation in
international competitions such as the 2018 Asian Para
Games, participating in international competitions hosted by
South or North Korea, and conducting joint training for
specific sports. |
| June
19. | - The ROK and the US
announce that they decided to suspend the Ulchi Freedom
Guardian exercise scheduled for August.
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| June 19. | - The ROK
government has the personnel commute to the Gaeseong
Industrial Complex in preparation for the renovation work
for the opening of the joint liaison office (until June
22).
- It was originally a two-day assignment but was
extended to June 22 through consultation with the North for
swift renovation work. |
| June
19. | - North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a summit
meeting in Beijing until June 20.
- “Exchanging
opinions on issues of common concern including assessment of
the outcome of the North Korea-US summit and the prospects
for resolution of the denuclearization issue on the Korean
Peninsula, and building common perception” (reported by KCNA
on June 20).
- “Exchanging opinions on the current
situation and pressing international issues, and discussing
issues to further strengthen strategic and tactical
cooperation between the two countries under the new
situation” (reported by KCNA on June 21). |
| June 21. |
- President Moon, in his speech at the State Duma of
Russia, states that the two Koreas and the United States are
leaving the dark days of war and hostility behind and moving
toward an era of peace and cooperation, and when a peace
system is established on the Korean Peninsula, inter-Korean
economic cooperation will begin in earnest and will be
expanded into tripartite cooperation among the two Koreas
and Russia.
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| June 22. |
- The inter-Korean Red Cross talks
are held on Mount Geumgang.
- Delegates: (South)
Korean Red Cross President Park Kyung-seo (chief), Director
General for Humanitarian Cooperation of the Ministry of
Unification Kim Byung-dae, Director of the Ministry of
Unification Ryu Jae-pil, and Director General of the
Department of Inter-Korean Cooperation of the Korean Red
Cross Woo Kwang-ho. (North) Pak Yong Il, vice chairman of
the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country
(CPRC); and Han Sang Chul and Kim Yong Chol, officials from
the DPRK Red Cross Society.
- Joint Press Release:
Holding reunions of separated family members on the occasion
of the August 15 National Liberation Day on Mount Geumgang
from August 20 to 26; the South will send the personnel to
check the facilities in preparation for the renovation work
of the reunion center beginning on June 27; continuing to
discuss humanitarian issues including reunions of separated
family members through Red Cross talks and working-level
meetings. |
| June 22. |
- The ROK and the US announce that
they decided to suspend the Korea Marine Exercise Program
(KMEP) scheduled for July.
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| June 25. | - The South and
the North agreed to the schedules for sectoral meetings
through the communications channel in Panmunjeom.
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The two Koreas agreed to hold railway cooperation talks at
the Peace House on June 26, road cooperation talks at the
Thongil House on June 28, and forestry cooperation talks on
July 4. |
| June 25. |
- A working-level meeting on military
communications is held at the Office of South-North Transit
to restore severed military communications lines along the
east and west coasts.
- Delegates: (South) Army Col.
Cho Yong-geun and four working staff from appropriate
agencies including a communications expert.
(North)
Army Col. Um Chang Nam and four working staff in
communications.
- Both sides agreed to implement
necessary measures as soon as possible to normalize the
military communications line in the West Sea area and to
restore the military communications line in the East Sea
area, which was completely destroyed by wildfire, as soon as
possible. |
| June 26. |
- The South and the North hold the
railway cooperation talks at the Peace House on the southern
side of Panmunjeom.
- Delegates: (South) Vice Minister
of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Kim Jeong-ryeol
(chief), Director General of Inter-Korean Exchange and
Cooperation at the Ministry of Unification (MOU) Lee
Joo-tae, and Director General of Railways at the MLIT Son
Myeong-soo.
(North) Vice Minister of Railways Kim Yun
Hyok (chief); Department Director of the Ministry of
Railways Kim Chang Sik, and Department Director of the
National Economic Cooperation Committee Kye Pong Il.
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Joint Press Release: Forming a joint research group and
conducting an on-site survey of the northern sections of the
Gyeongui Line (Gaeseong-Sinuiju) and the Donghae Line (Mount
Geumgang-Tumen River) beginning on July 24; carrying out a
joint survey of the South-North connection sections of the
Gyeongui Line and the Donghae Line; and having working-level
consultations for the modernization of railways and holding
a groundbreaking ceremony as soon as possible depending on
the outcome. |
| June 27. |
- The ROK government sends the
personnel to check the facilities in preparation for
reunions of separated families (until June 29).
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| June 28. |
- The two Koreas hold the inter-Korean road cooperation
talks at the Thongil House on the northern side of
Panmunjeom.
- Delegates: (South) Vice Minister of
Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Kim Jeong-ryeol (chief),
Director General of Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation at
the MOU Lee Joo-tae; and Director General of Roads at the
MLIT Baek Seung-geun. (North) Vice Minister of Land and
Environmental Protection Pak Ho Young (chief), Director
General of the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection
Kim Ki Chol, and Director of the National Economic
Cooperation Committee Ryu Chang Man.
- Joint Press
Release: Pushing for the modernization of the Gyeongui
(Gaeseong-Pyeongyang) and Donghae (Goseong-Wonsan) roads;
joint design and construction; forming a joint research
group and beginning an on-site survey of the Gyeongui and
Donghae roads in early August; jointly developing
technology. |
| June 28. |
- The Defense Minister of the ROK and
the US Secretary of Defense have a meeting in Seoul.
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Joint Press Release: Continually devising measures to build
mutual trust and establish peace as long as North Korea
continues dialogue in good faith. |
| June 28. | - The two
Koreas, the Olympic Council of Asia, and the Asian Games
Organizing Committee agree to field joint teams in canoeing,
rowing, and women’s basketball for the Asian Games in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
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