North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants more summits with South
By DW
31 December 2018 |
1:18 pm
In a rare letter to Seoul, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said he wants more meetings next year with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The aim is "to solve the issue of denuclearizing the peninsula."
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