DPRK mourns ex-ROK leader, 'signals thaw' in relations
By Zhang Xin and Peng Kuang in Beijing, Reuters and AP in Seoul | China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-22 08:26
Kim Ki-nam, (center) chief of the DPRK delegation, passes by a giant portrait of Kim Dae-jung after paying respects to the former ROK president at the National Assembly in Seoul on Friday. AFP |
Senior Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials sent by the country's top leader, Kim Jong-il, arrived in Seoul on Friday to pay respects to former Republic of Korea (ROK) president Kim Dae-jung in a move that Chinese experts said may further ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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