South Koreans Applaud Trump For End Of “Last Cold War Conflict”

Many in the Asian press showed pictures of South Korean commuters watching TV screens in awe at the moment where North Korean leader Kim Jung-Un shook hands with US President Donald Trump and applauded the scene even, thinking beforehand they would never witness this moment.

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South Korean President Moon Jae-In showed pictures of his whole cabinet watching the meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim Jung-Un as they watched on with joy and emotion.

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The Seoul media was plastered full with images from the summit as a live broadcast being on all channels showing either the summit himself or South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who smiled brightly as Trump and Kim shook hands.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">South Korea&#39;s President Moon Jae-in says he hopes the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpKimSummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpKimSummit</a> will bring peace to the Korean Peninsula as he watches the event from Seoul <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tictocnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tictocnews</a> <a href="https://t.co/MtCk4EZ4lJ">https://t.co/MtCk4EZ4lJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/kjG854J7Q3">pic.twitter.com/kjG854J7Q3</a></p>&mdash; TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) <a href="https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1006466102493351936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2018</a></blockquote>

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South Korean newspaper Munhwa Ilbo headlined: 'Handshake of the century: From hostilities to peace. New history begins.'

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Meanwhile in Seoul: South Korean officials watch the summit from office TVs (Photo by <a href="https://twitter.com/YonhapNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YonhapNews</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpKimSummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpKimSummit</a> <a href="https://t.co/qyu6OJVHvW">pic.twitter.com/qyu6OJVHvW</a></p>&mdash; Kelly Kasulis (@KasulisK) <a href="https://twitter.com/KasulisK/status/1006353508826689536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Mr. Moon’s presidential office released a statement afterward, saying: “The June 12 Sentosa Agreement will be recorded as a historic event that has helped break down the last remaining Cold War legacy on Earth.”

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“Leaving dark days of war and conflict behind, we will write a new chapter of peace and cooperation. We will be there together with North Korea along the way.”

The South Korean cabinet also praised US President Donald Trump for achieving “a feat that no one else has ever delivered.”

Source:

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-kim-summit-sleepless-skorea-president-moon-jae-in-hopes-for-new-era-of-complete