Pyongyang calling: North and South Korean leaders get hotline as stage set for summit
(The Guardian North Korea)

Officials prepare for greeting on live TV between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, the first such event in more than a decade A hotline between the leaders of North and South Korea goes live on Friday as they prepare for next week´s historic summit on the border that has separated their countries for more than six decades.As preparations for their meeting gather pace, South Korean media reported that the North´s leader, Kim Jong-un, and the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, would talk over the phone before they meet next Friday. Related: North Korea wants total denuclearisation, says Seoul Located near the village of Panmunjom, the Joint Security Area is the only point along the roughly 250km-long demilitarised zone where North and South Korea stand opposite each other. The site was created at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War as a meeting point to discuss the uneasy truce that ended the conflict.  Continue reading...