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North Korean media reaffirms DPRK’s commitment to ‘nuclear-free’ peninsula

KCNA and Rodong Sinmun republish Friday's inter-Korean joint statement in full

North Korean state media on Saturday reaffirmed the country’s goal of seeking the full denuclearization of the peninsula, in a notable reprint of Friday’s summit declaration between DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and ROK President Moon Jae-in.

The release saw the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) publish the text of Friday’s “Panmunjom Declaration for the Peace, Prosperity, and Unification of the Korean Peninsula” in full.

Friday’s agreement between the leaders of the two Koreas saw Pyongyang and Seoul commit to “the common goal” of a nuclear-free peninsula through “complete denuclearization.”

It also stated that recent steps by Pyongyang – a