Moon Jae-in wore a blue tie for the occasion, the color of the Korean Peninsula on the unification flag. Kim Jong-un stepped over the thin strip of concrete dividing North and South Korea inside the demilitarized zone. Sand on the North Korean side, pebbles in South Korea. He stepped onto the pebbles, the first time a North Korean leader had ever set foot on South Korean soil in nearly 70 years. The two men shook hands, turned to the cameras and, according to South Korea’s presidential Blue House, Moon asked Kim, “When do I get to visit the North?”
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