화합과 평화... 폭 2018mm 테이블에서 이야기한다<br /><br /> We begin with the preparations for the hotly anticipated inter-Korean event.<br />The venue for the talks -- the Peace House in Panmunjom has undergone a grand renovation. <br />One proof of the detailed makeover: even the width of the new table is a symbolic 2-thousand-18 milimeters, representing this historic year.<br />Cha Sang-mi starts us off. <br /> The Peace House, in the truce village of Panmunjom, -- the venue of the inter-Korean summit -- got a facelift ahead of the talks.<br />Seoul's top office says even the smallest details in the room portray the concept of the summit's slogan, "Peace, a new start".<br /> And the change is clear from the entrance -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are to walk in together through a single main gate, where there had been two different doors in the past.<br /><br />The table, where the talks will take place, was designed so it appears as though the legs will unite.<br /> The Blue House said they wanted a friendly circular table design, rather than a square table, and that the table will allow the two Koreas to have close talks by reducing the psychological distance between the two sides.<br /><br /> The chairs produced for the two leaders are designed based on traditional Korean furniture, with a map of the Korean Peninsula carved into the back of the chairs.<br /><br /> "At the entrance of the Peace House, there is a painting of Bukhan Mountain. It invites the North Korean leader to a famous mountain in South Korea, named North Korean mountain even though it is in the South."<br /><br /> And the painting in the room, artist Shin Jang-sik's depiction of Mount Geumgang in the North Korean part of Gangwon-do Province, also has meaning.<br /> The top office said Mount Geumgang is a place all Koreans want to visit again. <br />The mountain has been shut since 2008, but it represents reconciliation and cooperation between the two Koreas.<br /><br /> Finally, the interior design of the room is in a traditional Korean style with a bamboo floor.<br />No nails or adhesive were used and Korean traditional windows were installed to portray a deep trust between South and North Korea. <br /> And the blue carpet, the same color as the design on the unification flag, symbolises what this summit is all about--- a new start for peace on the Korean Peninsula.<br />Cha Sang-mi, Panmunjom Press Pool. <br />