Kim Yong-nam

South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks with President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Yong-nam and Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

Kim Jong-un invites South Korea's leader north of the border for the first summit meeting in more than a decade

February 10, 2018
Global Politics

Any meeting would represent a diplomatic coup for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who swept to power last year on a policy of engaging more with the reclusive North and has pushed for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over North Korea's nuclear and missile program.

Kim Jong-un invites South Korea's leader north of the border for the first summit meeting in more than a decade

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