| June
1. | - The Cheorwon section of the
DMZ Peace Trails opens to the public.
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| June 4. | - A
spokesperson for the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a
statement, states,
- “The DPRK remains unchanged in
its stand and determination to cherish and implement in good
faith the June 12 DPRK-U.S. Joint Statement personally
signed by the supreme leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. at
the first-ever DPRK-U.S. summit.”
- “The US would be
well-advised to change its current method of calculation and
respond to our request as soon as possible.”
|
| June 5. |
- The Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Promotion
Council holds its 305th meeting.
- Resolving the
proposal, Support of the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund for
the Nutritional Support Program and Maternal Child
Healthcare Projects by the WFP and UNICEF. |
| June 7. | - The ROK
government appoints Vice Unification Minister Suh Ho as
director of the inter-Korean joint liaison office.
|
| June 10. | - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends a
letter to US President Trump.
- President Trump said,
“I just received a beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un (June
10), and I believe we continue to have a great
relationship.”
- (Regarding the holding of a third
North Korea-US summit) “A third summit could happen. I would
hold another meeting with Kim at some point” (to White House
correspondents on June 11). |
| June 11. | - The Corporate
Association of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex speaks before
the US Congress.
|
| June
12. | - President Moon Jae-in
gives a keynote speech, titled “Peace for the People,” at
the Oslo Forum held at the University of Oslo, Norway.
- “The two Koreas not only share a border but constitute a
‘community of life’ that must live together.”
- “East
and West Germany together responded swiftly to fires,
floods, landslides, infectious diseases, insect damage, and
water contamination in border areas through a border
committee. I hope this precedent can also be applied to the
Korean Peninsula to foster concrete hope for peace among our
people.” |
| June 11. |
- The committee in charge of the
funeral of former First Lady Lee Hee-ho sends an obituary
notice in the name of its chairman to North Korea.
|
| June 12. | - Kim Yo Jong, first vice director of the
Workers’ Party of Korea, delivers Chairman Kim Jong Un’s
condolence message and flowers to the bereaved family of Lee
Hee-ho.
|
| June 14. | - President Moon Jae-in gives a speech
titled “Trust for Denuclearization and Peace on the Korean
Peninsula” at the Swedish parliament, called the
Riksdag.
- “If North Korea takes the path of dialogue,
no one would threaten the political system or security of
North Korea. North Korea must understand that every problem
will be resolved by dialogue and trust its dialogue
partners.” |
| June 18. |
- The ROK government sends two North
Koreans who wanted to return to the North among the four
crewmen found at the port of Samcheok, Gangwon
Province.
|
| June 19. |
- The ROK Ministry of Unification
announces a plan for food aid to North Korea.
|
| June 20-21. |
- Chinese President Xi Jinping visits North Korea and
holds a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June
20.
|
| June 23. | - North Korea releases President Trump’s
letter addressed to Chairman Kim Jong Un (reported by Rodong
Sinmun and KCNA).
|
| June
26. | - A spokesperson for the
DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, states,
“Even though the supreme leaders devote their all for
establishing new DPRK-U.S. relations, it would be difficult
to look forward to the improvement in the bilateral
relations and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as
long as American politics are dominated by the policy-makers
who have an inveterate antagonism towards the DPRK. We would
not thirst for a lifting of sanctions.”
|
| June 27. | - Kwon
Jong Gun, director-general of the Department of American
Affairs at Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues a statement
(reported by KCNA).
|
| June
27. | - The leaders of the ROK and
China hold a summit in Osaka, Japan.
|
| June 28. | - The
Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Promotion Council
holds its 306th meeting.
- Resolving the proposal,
Support of the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund for Food Aid to
North Korea. |
| June 29. |
- The leaders of the ROK and Russia
hold a summit in Osaka, Japan.
|
| June 29. | - US President
Trump, on his Twitter account, says, “While there (South
Korea), if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would
meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say
‘Hello!’”
|
| June 29. |
- North Korea’s First Vice Foreign
Minister Choe Son Hui, in a statement, says, “I am of the
view that if the DPRK-U.S. summit meetings take place on the
division line, as is intended by President Trump, it would
serve as another meaningful occasion in further deepening
the personal relations between the two leaders and advancing
the bilateral relations.”
|
| June 30. | - US President
Trump, on his Twitter account, says, “Today I will visit
with, and speak to, our Troops - and also go to the DMZ
(long planned).”
|
| June
30. | - The leaders of the ROK and
the US hold a summit in Seoul.
- (US President Trump)
“The trip (to the DMZ) was something I planned long ago.
There is the possibility that I might meet Chairman Kim Jong
Un there.”
- (ROK President Moon) “Since the armistice
declaration 66 years ago, the United States and North Korea
will be meeting in Panmunjeom. For the first time in
history, the leaders of the United States and North Korea
will be standing face-to-face in Panmunjeom, the symbol of
division, and shake hands for peace .Today, President …
Trump and I have reaffirmed that we are absolutely on the
same page when it comes to denuclearization and that we
share common goals.” |
| June
30. | - The leaders of the two
Koreas and the US meet at the Freedom House in
Panmunjeom.
- (North Korean leader Kim Jong Un) “Mr.
Trump is an incumbent US President that crossed the military
demarcation line and stepped into our territory for the
first time. I think that it is his courageous decision to
cross the line opening – a better future by crossing the
past of hostility and confrontation.”
- (US President
Trump) “The US will form a working-level team led by
Secretary of State Pompeo within two or three weeks and
embark on working-level negotiations….In the process of the
negotiations, economic sanctions on North Korea may be
lifted….I said to Chairman Kim that he can visit the White
House any time he wants.” |
