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Section

1 Inter-Korean Military
Confidence Building and

Arms Control

At the summit in Pyongyang held subsequent to the inter-Korean summit in Panmunjom
in April 2018, the ROK and North Korea signed the "Agreement on the Implementation
of the Historic Panmunjom Declaration in the Military Domain" (also referred to as
Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA)) as an annex to the Pyongyang Joint
Declaration in September. Military authorities of the ROK and North Korea effectively
developed conditions to ease military tensions and build trust between the two Koreas
through the conclusion and implementation of the CMA. Going forward, while sincerely
implementing the CMA, the ROK will further expand inter-Korean military confidence-
building and arms control measures to achieve a permanent peace on the Korean
Peninsula.

1. Easing Military Tensions and Building Confidence between the
Two Koreas

Promoting the Korean The ROK government is consistently promoting
Peninsula Peace Process the "Korean Peninsula peace process" to elimi-
nate the risk of war at its source and to achieve

complete denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. To this
end, the government is making a wide variety of efforts, including holding three
inter-Korean summits in 2018 and paving the way to two US-North Korea summits.
At the Panmunjom inter-Korean summit on April 27, 2018, the leaders of
the two Koreas declared the beginning of a "new era of peace" through the
1)
President Moon Jae- "Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean
in and Kim Jong-un, 1)
Chairman of the State Peninsula ("Panmunjom Declaration")" and vowed to promote an all-out and
Affairs Commission, dramatic improvement in inter-Korean relations, an easing of military tensions
announced the agreement
at the inter-Korean summit and compliance with mutual non-aggression agreements, and the complete
at the Peace House in
Panmunjom on April 27, denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and establishment of a peace regime. The
2018 to realize a nuclear-
free Korean Peninsula, third inter-Korean summit was held in Pyongyang on September 18-20, 2018 and
declare the end of the war
within the year, establish the two leaders agreed to the Pyongyang Joint Declaration, which contains practical
a joint inter-Korean liaison
office in Kaesong, and hold measures to develop and improve inter-Korean relations based on the trust built
the reunion of separated
families and relatives. during the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration. In addition, as an annex

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