Mr. Kim drove to lunch in a Mercedes limousine surrounded by 12 running bodyguards, for instance. (Even after all that, Mr. Kim used a pen provided by his sister, Kim Yo-jong, the only woman in his delegation.) The morning was filled with the classics of public diplomacy — broad smiles, long handshakes, even a joke about North Korean missile tests waking the South Korean president early in the morning. South Korean officials said the North was expected to broadcast edited footage from the meeting at a later time. Mr. Kim’s wife, Ri Sol-ju, and the South Korean first lady, Kim Jung-sook, joined their husbands for dinner, where Mr. Kim spoke again.

Source: New York Times April 27, 2018 06:14 UTC