South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a speech on Wednesday evening praised progress towards a “new era” for the peninsula, urging a North Korean audience to overcome 70 years of “hostility.”

In a speech to over 100,000 spectators at the DPRK capital’s May Day Stadium, Moon said words could not express how moved he was to be speaking in front of so many North Korean citizens.

In a speech tinged with nationalism after a special performance of the “Glorious Country” mass games, the ROK President said he had observed the “remarkable development of Pyongyang” during his visit this week.

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