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ROK minister confirms Kim Jong-Un's health: Yonhap

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-10-05 09:10

INCHEON - Ryoo Kihl-jae, the Unification Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK), said high-ranking DPRK official Kim Yang Gon told him Saturday that there was no problem with DPRK leader Kim Jong-Un's health, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.

Ryoo said in a TV program of KBS that Kim Yang-Gon told him about this privately when they were heading for the car during DPRK's highest-ranking delegation's visit to Incheon on Saturday.

The minister said that he can make sure Kim Jong-Un's health condition was really stable according to Kim Yang-Gon's tone.

He also said that Hwang Pyong-So, vice chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission and director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, sent Kim Jong-Un's "warm regards"to ROK President Park Geun-Hye on Saturday.

The DPRK delegation arrived in Incheon on Saturday morning to attend the closing ceremony of the 17th Asian Games, marking the highest-level meeting between ROK and the DPRK since President Park Geun-Hye took office in February 2013.

The DPRK delegation is headed by Hwang Pyong-So and Hwang was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yang Gon, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

During their visit, the three held talks with ROK officials, including top presidential security advisor Kim Kwan- Jin and Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-Jae.

The officials of both sides agreed to hold the second round of high-level talks between late October and early November whenever ROK feels comfortable.

The DPRK delegation left for Pyongyang after the ceremony at around 10 pm on Saturday.

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