From train platforms to tech forums, South Koreans took a pause from their normal routines to get a glimpse of Kim as he became the first North Korean leader to visit South Korean territory. Major South Korean television networks cancelled their usual programming for wall-to-wall coverage of the inter-Korean summit with President Moon Jae-in. South Koreans used the rare opportunity of seeing raw footage of Kim to speculate on everything from his speech habits to his health. There was a moment many South Koreans noted when Kim made an off-the-cuff comment about naengmyeon, cold buckwheat noodles that are a North Korean delicacy popular among South Koreans and are to be served at Kim and Moon’s dinner meeting. It strikes a chord with people who don’t like walking,” South Korean Kim Somi confirmed she said in a tweet.

Source: National Post April 27, 2018 07:58 UTC