Editing North Korea–South Korea relations (section)

===2019===
On 30 June, Kim and Moon [[2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit|met again]] in the DMZ, joined by US President [[Donald Trump]] who initiated the meeting.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/30/trumps-press-secretary-bruised-after-jostling-with-north-korea-security-over-media-report-says/|title=Trump's press secretary bruised after jostling with North Korea security over media, report says|first=Hannah|last=Knowles|date=30 June 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> The three held a [[2019 North Korea–United States DMZ Summit|meeting]] at the Inter-Korean House of Freedom.<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> Meanwhile, North Korea conducted a series of short–range missile tests, and the US and South Korea took part in joint military drills in August. On 16 August 2019, North Korea's ruling party made a statement criticizing the South for participating in the drills and for buying US military hardware, calling it a "grave provocation" and saying there would be no more negotiation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/16/north-korea-fires-missiles-coast-says-talks-impudent-south/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/16/north-korea-fires-missiles-coast-says-talks-impudent-south/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=North Korea 'fires missiles off coast' and says talks with 'impudent' South are over|first=Nicola|last=Smith|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=16 August 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 5 August, South Korea's president Moon Jae-in spoke during a meeting with his senior aides at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, discussing Japan's imposed trade restrictions to Korea as a result of historical issues.<ref name="TONG-HYUNG">{{Cite web|last=TONG-HYUNG|first=KIM|date=5 August 2019|title=Moon calls for 'peace economy' with N. Korea, slams Japan|url=https://apnews.com/article/f09bce1130ec432fada58c58dc6e1f74|website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Moon then withdrew South Korea from an intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan, seeking a breakthrough with North Korea in the process, but opted against it at the last minute.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Robert E|date=2 December 2019|title=Moon Jae-in's foreign policy reorientation|url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/moon-jae-s-foreign-policy-reorientation}}</ref> In a meeting at Seoul's presidential Blue House in August 2019, amid an escalating trade row between South Korea and Japan, Moon expressed his willingness to cooperate economically with North Korea to overtake Japan's economy.<ref name="TONG-HYUNG"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Joyce|date=5 August 2019|title=South Korea says can overtake Japan through economic cooperation with North Korea|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-southkorea-japan-labourers-northkorea/south-korea-says-can-overtake-japan-through-economic-cooperation-with-north-korea-idUKKCN1UV0PD|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

On 15 October, North and South Korea played a [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifier in Pyongyang, their first football match in the North in 30 years. The game was played [[behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]] with attendance open only to a total of 100 North Korean government personnel; no fans or South Korean media were allowed into the stadium, and the game was not broadcast live. No goals were scored.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/16/north-south-korea-world-cup-qualifier|title=No fans, no media and no goals as Koreas play out World Cup qualifier in empty stadium|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 October 2019}}</ref> Meanwhile, Kim and Moon continued to have a close, respectful relationship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nknews.org/2019/10/kim-jong-un-sends-condolences-to-south-korean-president-over-mothers-passing/|title=Kim Jong Un sends condolences to South Korean President over mother's passing|first=Colin|last=Zwirko|publisher=[[NK News]]|date=31 October 2019}}</ref>

The 2019 South Korea Defense White Paper does not label North Korea as an "enemy" or "threat" for the first time in history. While not explicitly calling North Korea an enemy, the paper mentions that North Korea's weapons of mass destruction threaten peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 February 2021|title=Defense White Paper Avoids Directly Referring to N. Korea as Enemy|url=https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=159313}}</ref>