The sight of the leaders of the two Koreas eating Pyongyang-style cold noodles at the Inter-Koreabanquet whet the appetites of Seoul residents and long queues of people formed outside of restaurants on Saturday (April 28).
"I often enjoy eating Pyongyang-style cold noodles. After seeing the two leaders (Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in) having it at the banquet, I felt I had to have it too so I came here today. I wish we will be unified in the near future so that I can go to Pyongyang to enjoy the original Pyongyang cold noodles there," said one customer, Choi Ho-won, 30,
On Friday (April 27), the summit full of smiles and handshakes was drew to a close with the noodle dish made by a chef from a famous restaurant in the North Korean capital using a special noodle machine.
Many South Koreans welcomed the summit result and hoped that it could ease tensions on the peninsula that reached a crescendo last year due to North Korea's missile and nuclear tests. But not all appreciative of the summit saying that Seoul had given in to North Korea's demands.
Kim and Moon pledged to work for "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula and agreed on a common goal of a "nuclear-free" peninsula. (Reuters)
