South Korea’s president holds lunch for Kim Jong Un’s sister
10 February 2018 |
3:00 pm
The North Korean delegation has met the South Korean president in the South’s capital, Seoul. Footage showed the rare meeting taking place, with South Korea’s head of state meeting Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un.
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