문재인 제73차 유엔 총회 기조연설

In this section of today's show we will be debriefing President Moon Jae-in's trip to the U.S. this week, and to help us do that we have two guests in the studio with us today. First to my right we have Professor Kim Hyun-wook from the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. And also with us today, we have Shin Se-min, our chief Blue House correspondent, who returned with the President just last night, after following him around as part of the Korean press pool. Thank you both for joining us.

Pleasure to be here.


Now before we go into this discussion, we'll start by taking a brief look back at one of the highlights from President Moon's trip, his speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. We have some excerpts ready, let's take a listen.

"Over the past year, something miraculous has taken place on the Korean Peninsula. For the first time in history, the leader of North Korea crossed the Military Demarcation Line to visit Panmunjeom. A historic summit between the United States and North Korea was also held on the Sentosa Island in Singapore.

Chairman Kim Jong-un and I removed the shadow of war and resolved to usher in an era of peace and prosperity.

The Korean Peninsula has remained under the armistice over the past 65 years. Ending the Korean War is an urgent task. It is a process that we must go through in order to move towards a peace regime. I look forward to seeing bold measures for denuclearization implemented among the related countries, leading to the declaration to end the War.

Now, it is the international community’s turn to respond positively to North Korea’s new choice and efforts. We must assure Chairman Kim that he has made the right decision in committing to denuclearization. We must encourage North Korea to stay on the path that leads to permanent and solid peace.