The second meeting in just one month, between the Presidents of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, and North Korea, Kim Jong-un, took place in the militarised demarcation line. 

According to the information known, its main objective was to facilitate the happening of planned meeting between King Jong-un and the US President Donald Trump. At this meeting the groundwork should be lied for an agreement on the nuclear and ballistic development of North Korea.

Should I meet you or should I not

The day before the unexpected meeting between the Korean Presidents, Trump had made public his intention to suspend the meeting agreed with Kim Jong-un, scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. 

Just 24 hours after the meeting between the Korean leaders, the President of the United States rectified and left open the possibility of the meeting.

Without going into the historical account of the complicated conflict around the Asian peninsula, it is worth noting that only in the last two decades this situation actually led humanity, on two occasions, to the brink of a nuclear war.

The practices of both parties have so far been fueled by a constant exchange of apocalyptic and irresponsible threats added to regular and dangerous military maneuvers, which finally hang on the thread of any failure or human error, given the prevailing political stress.

So far this conflict has revolved around an "impossible war", given that Russia, China and Japan (neighbouring and near countries) would be directly affected by it, without counting of course the uncontrollable ecological consequences. Any armed conflict must not be calculated on the basis of the evident asymmetry of the contenders, because there is no possible ‘limited’ nuclear war, i.e. a war which will not endanger humanity as a whole.

North Korea seeks for almost three decades to ensure, through the development of its nuclear arsenal, its national security. The current problem actually is that it has already achieved it. 

Its aspiration, beyond any political, ideological or other judgment, is basically legitimate and reasonable, which is also equivalent from the point of view of its opponents, namely South Korea, Japan, and above all the US that argue they feel "threatened”.

It is important to point out that curiously, this new line of distension and direct nationals contacts has not been achieved as a consequence of US pressures to Russia or China (neighbors and to some extent partners of North Korea). Indeed this new course have been achieved thanks to the open hand of the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, a strong supporter of national dialogue. 

His invitation was quickly accepted by Kim Jong-un, and it is good to underline that they do not need translators, since both are Korean, speak the same language and are part of the same people.
The two Korean presidents came, in their first meeting, to a preliminary agreement, the so-called Declaration of Panmunjom, on April 27 of this year: certainly something historic. 

In that document, both parties have committed themselves to "working towards the total de-nuclearization" of the peninsula.

In addition this second inter-Korean meeting has left on the table the proposal of a trilateral meeting (USA, and the two Koreas), after the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un.

A ‘double Korean’ way

What could be called "a Korean sovereign exit" will surely have the support of China and Russia, which have spoken out to address the conflict from diplomacy, dialogue and agreements. 

The issues for a negotiated settlement of stability and nuclear disarmament and reduction of militarization, on reasonable terms, should also address the signing of a Peace Agreement between both Koreas, given that the war ended with a simple armistice and a demarcation zone, which includes border areas in dispute.

Encouraging and facilitating the contacts of separated families and fostering cooperation, of all kinds, and mutual trust between North and South Korea, guaranteeing the national security of both parties, and of all their neighbors, could be important keys.

And on the basis of agreement on the aforementioned issues, through negotiations put into practice with no rush and little by little it may also be possible turn the utopian goal of the re-unification of the Korean people into reality in a not too distant future.

For the moment what is sure is that the movements of the sovereign two Koreas are already affecting the warlike positions of the US in that region, so far from its territory but so full of interests.