SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a historic visit to Seoul “in the near future,” he said Wednesday after a summit with the South’s Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. Moon also said the North could close its Yongbyon nuclear facility if Washington takes “corresponding measures” — a significant caveat. Mass applauseA Seoul visit by Kim would be the first by a Northern leader since the partition of the peninsula decades ago after the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. It stands opposite Mansu hill, where giant statues of Kim’s predecessors — his grandfather Kim Il Sung and father Kim Jong Il — look out over the city. But a retail shop at the complex sells North Korean caviar at $50 for a 50-gramme jar — a luxury far beyond the reach of most North Koreans.

Source: Manila Times September 19, 2018 04:41 UTC