Kim Jong Un Hails 'Landmark' Peace Agreement Between The Koreas

The peace agreement between the two Koreas is a historic milestone. North Korea's heretofore taciturn communist leader, Kim Jong Un, hailed the treaty and called it a "landmark occasion", after a rare four-day talk between the two nations.

He said that the treaty could help both countries to build mutual trust and amity.

"The joint press release published at the contact provided a crucial landmark occasion of defusing the acute military tension and putting the catastrophic inter Korean relations on the track of reconciliation and trust," a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report quoted the North Korean leader as saying, according to Russia Today.

He also claimed that his nuclear and military power finalised the "landmark" accord between both the countries.

He was addressing the Central Military Commission of the North Korean Workers Party on Wednesday. It is reported that he "dismissed some members of the WPK Central Military Commission and appointed new ones and dealt with an organizational matter," a KCNA report said, according to hngn.

Just before the peace agreement, the Korean peninsula was on the edge of a war. The standoff started when a landmine attack by North Korea injured two South Korean soldiers. It was followed by a lot of sabre-rattling and conflict on both sides, but thankfully, there seems to be some movement towards peace.