SOUTH KOREAN President Moon Jae-in said yesterday that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States “actually” ended their hostile relations and started a new peace era through the Panmunjom summit between top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Moon made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting, saying the DPRK and the United States actually declared an end to hostile relations and the launch of a new peace era through acts, though the two sides held no signing ceremony for a written document at the Panmunjom meeting.

Kim and Trump met in the South Korean side of the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom on Sunday, after a surprising invitation by Trump the previous day through his Twitter message.

Trump shook hands with the DPRK leader at the military demarcation line and crossed the line into the DPRK territory, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to step into the DPRK.  (Xinhua)