South Korean President Moon Jae-in is working to firm-up support for his denuclearization plan from countries in the European Union.<br />At the start of his nine-day visit to the EU,... the president promised Koreans living in France that peace will eventually come.<br />The president is also due to attend an event featuring a performance K-pop boyband BTS.<br />Shin Se-min, traveling with the president, files this report. <br /> President Moon told his fellow Koreans living in France that he will be working with his European counterparts to continue the peace drive on the Korean Peninsula. <br /> The president, on day-one of his nine-day trip to Europe, was starting his schedule at a dinner with the local Korean community.<br /><br /> "Above all, I will ask France, one of the UN Security Council's permanent members and a leading nation of the European Union, to do their part to support denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and peace in the region."<br /><br /> And especially with France being one of the few European nations without formal diplomatic relations with North Korea,... the president hopes to raise Europe's level of trust in the regime.<br /> The South Korean leader promised the Koreans attending the event that he is certain that peace will arrive on the divided Peninsula,... and added that he will work to build a Korean nation whose citizens living abroad feel proud.<br /> Also on the president's schedule -- is a cultural event with Koreans living in Paris and French Hallyu fans... where the world-record-breaking K-pop boyband BTS will be performing.<br /><br /> "The focal point of the president's visit to Europe-- again,... bringing the European naitons up to speed as well as earning their full backing on his denuclearization drive. And the president's job-- likely to begin with a sit-down with the French President Emmanuel Macron.<br />Shin Se-min, Arirang News, Paris." <br />
