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South Koreans have erected Korean Unification flags across the country ahead of Friday’s meeting, as despot Kim Jong-un meets his Seoul counterpart Moon Jae-in for the first time. The flags
will line a section of the road from Tongil Bridge to the DMZ’s Panmunjom, known as the ‘truce village’. The flags are a symbol of hope for reconciliation and reunification after decades of
conflict. The landmark meeting will be held in the Joint Security Area, which is a demilitarised zone between the two countries. The meeting comes after weeks of improving diplomatic
relations between the two nations, following soaring tensions after North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons tests last year. The flags design utilises a blue silhouette of the Korean
Peninsula on a white background. It symbolise the hope of reconciliation and reunification. Lee Sun-Kyung of the South Side Committee, which was launched after the recent lower-level
inter-Korean summit, said: “I wish to see the leaders of the two Koreas make a definite decision and provide a historic watershed. “Down the road, I hope the summit will lead to brisk
inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation, and eventually national reunification.” The Education Office in the southeastern city of Changwon in South Korea hoisted a unified Korean Peninsula
flag on Monday. The office said: “The flag raising is to wish for the establishment of a lasting peace mechanism on the Korean Peninsula as a result of the summit.” South Korea hopes a
successful summit with North Korea will mean country could allow its athletes to take part in the world swimming competition next year. One of the key issues to be discussed in the meeting
is North Korea’s controversial nuclear programme, which has been the course of a lot of tensions between the two nations. Another is an official end to the 1950-3 Korean war. The fighting
has ended but there has never been a peace treaty between the two nations. A record 2,833 reporters will be covering the summit, which will represent 168 South Korean and 180 overseas news
outlets. This summit twill be followed by a meeting between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader in May or early June.