President Moon: "The Declaration of the End of the War Will Be the Hope of All Who Wish for Peace"

Explanation of the Meaning of the 'Korean Peninsula End-of-War Declaration' at the Hawaii Korea-US Remains Mutual Transfer Ceremony... First President to Confer Independence Movement Medal Overseas

[Asia Economy reporters Ryu Jeong-min and Lee Ji-eun] President Moon Jae-in stated on the 22nd (local time) at the 'Korea-US Mutual Transfer of Remains Ceremony' held at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, "The declaration of the end of the war will be a new hope and courage for all those who wish for peace beyond the Korean Peninsula."

At this event, President Moon also emphasized the historical significance of the declaration of the end of the war. He said, "What the heroes (such as Korean War veterans) desire most is complete peace on the Korean Peninsula," adding, "Sustainable peace is the dream embedded in the founding of the United Nations."

On the 21st, President Moon proposed in his keynote speech at the United Nations General Assembly that the three parties?South Korea, North Korea, and the United States?or the four parties?South Korea, North Korea, the United States, and China?should declare an end to the war. Regarding this, Park Soo-hyun, Senior Secretary for Public Communication at the Blue House, appeared on MBC Radio that day and explained, "(President Moon's proposal for the declaration of the end of the war) will serve as a momentum to drive the various stages leading to denuclearization."

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Meanwhile, after attending the transfer ceremony, President Moon plans to personally escort two remains, those of the late Private Kim Seok-ju and the late Private Jeong Hwan-jo, whose identities have been confirmed, on the presidential aircraft, and transport a total of 68 remains of fallen Republic of Korea soldiers back to the country.

Additionally, on the 22nd, he attended a medal conferment ceremony held at the Korean Studies Institute of the University of Hawaii, where he posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation, Patriotic Medal, and the Order of Merit for National Foundation, National Medal to the late independence activists Kim No-di and Ahn Jeong-song, whose contributions were recently discovered. This is the first time a President of the Republic of Korea has directly presided over a Korean War fallen soldiers' remains transfer ceremony overseas and held a medal conferment ceremony for independence patriots abroad.

President Moon pledged, "The government will strive to uncover the merits of overseas independence patriots and find even one more descendant." After completing his schedule in the United States, including a meeting with the Indo-Pacific Commander and the Korea-US Mutual Transfer of Remains Ceremony, President Moon will return to Korea on the afternoon of the 23rd Korean time.

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