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N.K.'s high-level delegation led by controversial official returns home

Kim Young=chul leading North Korean delegation to South.

Kim Young=chul leading North Korean delegation to South. Source: Getty Image

North Korea's high-level delegation led by a controversial official returned home Tuesday after a three-day visit during which it expressed the North's willingness to hold talks with the United States.


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North Korea's high-level delegation led by a controversial official returned home Tuesday after a three-day visit during which it expressed the North's willingness to hold talks with the United States.


The eight-member delegation led by Kim Yong-chol, a top party official in charge of affairs with South Korea, crossed the inter-Korean border at noon, according to a pool report.

The North's team arrived in the South on Sunday to attend the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Kim said during his meeting with President Moon Jae-in on Sunday that the North has "enough" willingness for dialogue with the U.S., adding that an improvement in inter-Korean ties and North-U.S. relations needs to go together.

More details from Korean political commentator Jung-sik Seo are available on audio news.

 

 


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