The ROK President on Wednesday said the improvement of North-South relations is not an “incidental effect” of progress in DPRK-U.S. ties and that economic cooperation and peace between the two Koreas will bring about the "true liberation" of the peninsula.

In a speech to mark Korea's Liberation Day, President Moon Jae-in also pledged to take a “bold step" towards ending the Korean War and the denuclearization of the peninsula when he visits Pyongyang next month.