(아시아) BBC: US-North Korea: Trump and Kim Jong-un in symbolic DMZ meeting

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US-North Korea: Trump and Kim Jong-un in symbolic DMZ meeting

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Media captionPresident Trump: "Stepping across that line was a great honour"

Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea, after meeting Kim Jong-un in the area between the two Koreas. (sitting: 현직의)

After posing for handshakes, Mr Trump met the North Korean leader for over an hour in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ). (fortified: 방어를 견고히 한, 강화된)

The two men agreed to set up teams to resume stalled nuclear talks. (stall: 궁지에 빠지다. 교착되다)

Their last summit broke down in February with no progress on denuclearisation in North Korea.

In their third face-to-face encounter in just over a year, the two leaders met at the tense area that has divided the peninsula since hostilities in the Korea War ended in 1953.

Numerous previous US presidents have visited the armistice line, largely in a show of US support for the South. But Mr Trump changed the optics of the visit, eschewing binoculars and a bomber jacket for a business suit. (armistice: 정전, 휴전) (optics: 광학, 모양, 양상) (eschew: 피하다, 삼가다) (binoculars: 쌍안경) (a bomber jacket: 보머 재킷: 보통 가죽으로 된 허리까지 오는 재킷으로 허리와 소맷부리가 꼭낌.)

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In a meeting apparently arranged after Mr Trump invited Mr Kim on Twitter on Saturday, they shook hands across the demarcation line before Mr Trump briefly crossed into North Korean territory, a symbolic milestone. (demarcation line: 경계선)

"Good to see you again. I never expected to meet you at this place," a smiley Mr Kim told Mr Trump through an interpreter in an encounter broadcast live on international television.

"Big moment... Tremendous progress," Mr Trump said.

Mr Kim, looking relaxed, then crossed into South Korea, and alongside Mr Trump said: "I believe this is an ｅxpression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future." (alongside: ~곁에)

They both walked to a building known as the Freedom House on the South Korean side, where they had private talks.

Speaking alongside Mr Trump in a rare statement to the press, Mr Kim said this was a symbol of their "excellent" relationship.

Calling their friendship "particularly great", Mr Trump said it was a "great day for the world" and that he was "proud to step over the line" between the Koreas. He later said he had invited Mr Kim to visit the US.

Can it lead to something?

We were told to expect a two-minute handshake and a short meeting, but the two leaders were in there for just over an hour. Donald Trump has made history here. Kim Jong-un has come all the way from Pyongyang to meet him. (all the way: 처음부터 끝까지, 도중에 내내, 줄곧)

This is extraordinary and is being billed as historic. But despite the personal chemistry between Mr Trump and Mr Kim, it does not mean they are any closer to nailing down the details of a deal. (billed: 여겨지다) (nail down: 해결하다, 확정짓다.)

Mr Trump told Mr Kim: "I'll invite you to the White House right now." Then came a reciprocal invitation from Mr Kim: "When the time is right, I'd like you to come to Pyongyang."

These invitations allow people to see something is happening between these two leaders. However, unless the details of a deal are decided upon, who knows where we will be a year or two from now.

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Negotiations with North Korea to try to convince it to abandon its controversial nuclear programme, reached a peak last year when Mr Trump and Mr Kim had a historic meeting in Singapore.

They both committed to the "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula, but without clarifying what that meant.

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It was hoped their second meeting, in Hanoi in February, would make some concrete agreement about North Korea handing over its nuclear programme in exchange for some of the tight sanctions against it being lifted.

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But those talks ended with no deal, as they failed to agree on the pace at which sanctions should be eased. Since then the negotiations have stalled, though Mr Kim and Mr Trump have exchanged letters recently. (stall: 정지하다, 교착상태에 빠지다)