Summit delivers modicum of hope for peaceful future for all Koreans

ALTHOUGH much of the world's attention was on Kim Jong Un's pledges on North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile tests, they do not seem to have been the most salient issue during the inter-Korean summit with South's President Moon Jae In last week. It's the first part of the joint declaration that should be the real focus of interest.

First and foremost, South and North Korea affirmed "the principle of determining the destiny of the Korean nation on their own accord". Clearly, it means the two sides have decided that they will have agency in deciding the f…