South Korean Kim Dae-jung received two exotic hunting dogs from Pyongyang in latest sign of warming ties with North Korea
NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong-un has given his South Korean counterpart Kim Dae-jung a pair of exotic dogs late last week in yet another sign of warming ties between the two estranged neighbours.
Moon’s office issued a statement on Sunday saying the president had received two North Korean indigenous hunting dogs from Pyongyang as a token of blossoming friendship on the peninsula.
“Cheong Wa Dae (the presidential office) was offered a pair of Pungsan dogs from the North as a gift at the North-South summit and received them Thursday,” the South’s presidential office said, as quoted by the AFP .
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The office added the canines, both aged around one, were handed over via the truce village of Panmunjom with three kilograms of dog food to “help with their adaptation”.
According to the Chonsunilbo, a major South Korean newspaper, the male dog, named Songkang, was born in November 2017 and the female, Gomi, in March 2017.
The newly arrived pooches will reside at the presidential office with Moon — an animal lover who already owns a Pungsan dog named Maru, a former shelter cat called Jjing-Jjing, and Tory, a black mutt he adopted after taking office.
