President Moon vows ‘irreversible’ peace in Korea
SEOUL — South Korea President Moon Jae-in pledged efforts Tuesday for “irreversible” peace on the peninsula in 2019.
In his New Year’s message, posted on a social networking site, Moon said he “walked on the path of peace, which the people have opened, with a very overwhelming heart” in the previous year.
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“(I) will make peace irreversible so that peace can be of help to the life of each individual,” Moon said.
Moon’s message came ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s closely-watched New Year address, in which he said a peace mood has been created thanks to Pyongyang’s initiative. Yonhap
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