The Korea Times
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to taking proactive steps to restore trust with North Korea and promote peace on the Korean Peninsula, calling on Pyongyang to respond to Seoul's overtures. Lee made the remarks in a message sent to a ceremony commemorating the eighth anniversary of the Panmunjom Declaration, a landmark agreement signed in April 2018 by then President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the truce village of Panmunjom. "The government will steadfastly pursue a policy of peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula," Lee said in the message, which was read on his behalf by presidential senior secretary for political affairs Hong Ik-pyo during the ceremony held at the National Assembly. "We will proactively take steps that we can initiate first to restore inter-Korean trust and achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula," the president added. "We hope the North will also trust our government's sincerity and respond." Lee said establishing a permanent peace regime, and achieving coexistence and shared prosperity between the two Koreas refl
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