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North Korean dictator: Kim Jong Un condolates South Korea president

2019-10-31T08:58:44.841Z


The mother of South Korean President Moon Jae In was born in the north of the Korean Peninsula. Now she died at the age of 92 - and North Korea's head of state sent a letter of condolence to the neighboring country.



North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un has condolated the death of South Korean President Moon Jae In's mother. In a letter to Moon, Kim expressed his "deep compassion," a spokeswoman from Moons office said. The letter has received much attention in South Korea as the rapprochement of the two countries reached last year has stalled.

Whether Kim commented on inter-Korean relations beyond the words of sympathy was initially unclear. North Korea had passed the letter of condolence Kim according to the information on Wednesday at the border town Panmunjom.

Son Hyung-joo / Yonhap via AP

South Korean President Moon Jae In next to his wife Kim Jung Sook after the funeral Mass: His mother was born in the north of the Korean Peninsula

Moons mother Kang Han Ok died Tuesday at the age of 92. She was born in the north of the Korean peninsula and fled to the south during the Korean War (1950-53).

Moon met Kim three times in 2018, including twice in Panmunjom and at a summit in Pyongyang. They had agreed on an end to all hostilities. In the absence of progress on negotiations between the US and North Korea over the North Korean nuclear weapons program, inter-Korean relations are also currently underway.

South Korean military: North Korea fires missiles again

In addition, North Korea provokes continuously with missile tests. According to the South Korean military, the neighboring country fired on Thursday two unidentified projectiles towards the open sea. The projectiles had been launched from the province of southern Pyongan in the west of the country and flown in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan (Korean: East Sea), said the General Staff in South Korea.

It was initially unclear whether this is a test of ballistic missiles. These are prohibited to the communist country by UN resolutions. For years, the country has been driving the development of missiles that could be equipped with nuclear warheads. It is therefore subject to tough international sanctions.

Source: spiegel

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