Summary

  • The leaders of North and South Korea have pledged that their countries will never fight another war

  • Kim Jong-un crossed into the South to meet his counterpart Moon Jae-in

  • The pair signed a joint statement agreeing to pursue "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula"

  • The two men walked and talked together after their first formal meeting

  • Many analysts remain sceptical about the North's apparent enthusiasm for engagement

  1. A step into the history bookspublished at 00:23 British Summer Time 27 April 2018

    More than that - Mr Moon will meet Mr Kim at the border and bring him across it. That will make Mr Kim the first North Korean leader to step into South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953.

  2. Historic summit set to beginpublished at 00:15 British Summer Time 27 April 2018

    Welcome to live BBC coverage on a huge day on the Korean peninsula. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in is about to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. A meeting between Korean leaders hasn't happened for more than a decade.