Rush to replay leaders' handshake revives appeal of Korean movie set


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 May 2018

A girl and woman gesture to make a promise over a cement block symbolising a border line as they mimic a handshake between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the summit in late April, at the replica of the truce village of Panmunjom at a movie studio in Namyangju, South Korea May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kwak Sung-Kyung

NAMYANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - When a smiling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the border of their countries during a summit last month, images of the historic moment grabbed the world's attention.

It was the first time a North Korean leader had set foot in the South since the 1950-1953 Korean War. Moon and Kim said they would work to denuclearise the Korean peninsula and seek a peace agreement to replace the 1953 armistice.

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