Panmunjom Declaration
The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was adopted between the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Moon Jae-in and the President of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, on 27 April 2018, during the 2018 inter-Korean Summit on the South Korean side of the Peace House in the Joint Security Area.
Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula | |
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Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un raise their hands together after signing the Panmunjom Declaration | |
Type | Declaration |
Signed | 27 April 2018 |
Location | P'anmunjŏm, Korea |
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Language | Korean |
Panmunjom Declaration | |||||||
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South Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 한반도의 평화와 번영, 통일을 위한 판문점 선언 | ||||||
Hanja | 韓半島의 平和와 繁榮, 統一을 爲한 板門店 宣言 | ||||||
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North Korean name | |||||||
Chosŏn'gŭl | 조선반도의 평화와 번영, 통일을 위한 판문점 선언 | ||||||
Hancha | 朝鮮半島의 平和와 繁榮, 統一을 爲한 板門店 宣言 | ||||||
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According to the declaration, the governments of the ROK and the DPRK agreed to cooperate on officially ending the Korean War and the Korean conflict, beginning a new era of peace and sharing commitments in ending divisions and confrontation by approaching a new era of national reconciliation, peace, reunification and prosperity and improvements to inter-Korean communication and relations.
This declaration states that both sides would "make active efforts to seek the support and cooperation of the international community for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula". The declaration was submitted to the United Nations General Assembly on 6 September 2018.
After the election in 2022 that brought the conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol to power, the 2018 agreement with the ROK was suspended by the DPRK on November 23, 2023, citing escalating military provocations and plans to deploy military forces along the military demarcation line.