Protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding peace on the Korean Peninsula, near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in holds his New Year press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Moon urged North Korea to take firmer disarmament measures and the U...
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South and North Korean government officials connect northern and southern railroad tracks during a groundbreaking ceremony at Panmun Station in Kaesong, North Korea. North and Sout...
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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean army Col. Yun Myung-shick, right, shakes hands with North Korean army Lt. Col. Ri Jong Su before crossing the M...
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South, wearing yellow head bands, and North Korean army soldiers inspect the dismantled North Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the central section of the in...
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A South Korean army soldier, center bottom, shakes hands with a North Korean army soldier before crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to inspe...
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South Korean soldiers stand guard next to the rails which leads to North Korea, inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea.
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A South Korean train runs on the rail track, which the two Koreas hope to eventually use as an international transport link, near to the border village of Panmunjom in North Korea,...
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South Korean trucks carrying tons of insecticide pass the North Korea's guard post near the industrial complex in Kaesong, observed from the Dora Observation Post, in Paju, South K...
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Trucks carrying insecticide leave for North Korea at the Unification Bridge, in Paju, South Korea. South Korea has sent about 50 tons of insecticide to North Korea to help stop a p...
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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, smoke from an explosion rises at a North Korean guard post in North Korea, is seen from South Korea. North Korea blew up som...
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In this photo, two women pose with cutouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, during a photo exhibition on South and North Kor...
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A view of the Unification Platform of Dorasan station, the last station on the South Korean side close to Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which bifurcates the Korean peninsula.
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South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook puts water from the crater lake as North Korean first lady Ri Sol Ju, second from left, watches on the Mount Paektu in North Korea.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from right, and his wife Kim Jung-sook, right, stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from left, and his wife Ri Sol Ju on th...
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A convoy transporting South Korean President Moon Jae-in makes its way to Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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North Koreans wave on a street as a convoy transporting South Korean President Moon Jae-in makes its way to Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un raise their hands after watching the mass games performance of "The Glorious Country" at May Day Stadium in P...
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In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose after signing documen...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, toasts with South Korean president Moon Jae-in during a welcome banquet in Pyongyang, North Korea.
According to the UN estimates, 10.3 million people - almost half of North Korea's population - were in need of food due to a sharp drop in crop production.
They also agreed that they would this year seek a permanent end to the Korean War, 65 years after the hostilities ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty.