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Lee Myung-bak to meet DPRK envoys on Sunday
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-08-22 21:17

Lee Myung-bak to meet DPRK envoys on Sunday
ROK President Lee Myung-bak (R) comforts Lee Hee-ho (L), widow of deceased former President Kim Dae-jung, as National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyong-o (C) looks on, after Lee made a call of condolence at a memorial altar at the National Assembly in Seoul August 21, 2009. [Agencies]

SEOUL: A Republic of Korea (ROK) official says President Lee Myung-bak will meet a delegation of visiting Pyongyang officials on Sunday.

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Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung says the meeting will be held Sunday morning at the presidential Blue House.

No other details were immediately available.

The meeting comes amid signs of thawing tensions between the two Koreas.

The six officials from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea arrived in Seoul on Friday to mourn former ROK President Kim Dae-jung, who died Tuesday.