Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun met Kim Jong-il for luncheon on Sunday after a weeklong wait while the reclusive North Korean leader attended to other business. North Korean Central Broadcasting reported around 9 p.m. Kim "met the chairwoman of Hyundai Group in South Korea."
It added Kim Yang-gun, the chairman of the North's Asia-Pacific Committee and director of the United Front Department of the North Korean Workers' Party, was also present. Kim Yang-gun reportedly fine-tuned the agenda with Hyun last Thursday.
The state-run channel said Hyun "presented a gift" to Kim Jong-il during the meeting, who thanked her. Kim remembered Hyun's predecessors at the Hyundai Group "with deep emotions" and the two engaged in "warm compatriotic talk," it added.
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Hyun extended her stay in the North several times to meet Kim. If she returns on Monday, she will have been in the North for a whole week. Specific contents of what the two discussed are not known, but according to the joint press release from Hyundai Group and Asia-Pacific Peace Committee on Monday, North Korea agreed to resume inter-Korean tourism projects and facilitate operation of the joint industrial park. |