President Moon Jae-in will head to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly that will take place on Sept. 23 after retuning to Seoul upon successfully finishing the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit Pyeongyang.  In the U.S., he will hold a summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 24 to discuss a detailed denuclearization timetable, while working to organize the next summit between North Korea and the U.S. President Moon held the media conference on Sept. 20 at the main press center at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul right after coming back from Pyeongyang for the three-day series of inter-Korean talks. He told reporters that, "I will hold summit talks with President Trump to deliver the contents that are not contained in the joint declaration and a message from the North all of which are related to denuclearization."

President Moon Jae-in has resolutely confirmed two agreements by North Korea after his three-day visit to Pyeongyang: its resolute willingness for denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the resumption of the stalemated U.S.-North Korea talks.  Speaking in a public briefing on Sept. 20 immediately following his wrap-up of the Pyeongyang visit, President Moon said that, “North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un has repeatedly shown his firm commitment to peninsular denuclearization. He hoped that complete denuclearization could be achieved as soon as possible and that, instead, the North could now place its utmost focus on economic development.” The public briefing took place at the main press center in Seoul. 

“I believe it won’t take long before the general public from the South can come here to sightsee.”  So said President Moon Jae-in as he reached Janggun Peak, the highest spot atop Baekdusan Mountain, the highest mountain on the Korean Peninsula, alongside first lady Kim Jung-sook and the North Korean first couple on Sept. 20. Here, they could look down on the famous Cheonji Lake that sits at the top of the mountain.  “Many South Koreans have gone up the mountain from the Chinese side, but I pledged to climb the mountain through our own territory, rather than start out in China,” said President Moon. “Now, my dreams have been realized.”