North Korean leader’s end-of-year letter to Seoul says he wants to discuss the peninsula’s denuclearisation
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has vowed in a rare letter to meet the South’s president, Moon Jae-in, “frequently” next year to discuss denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, Moon’s office said on Sunday.
The leader of the isolated North met Moon three times this year, twice at the border truce village of Panmunjom and once in Pyongyang, as a reconciliatory push gathered pace.
During Moon’s visit to Pyongyang in September, Kim promised to pay a return visit to Seoul “at an earliest date”, sparking speculation that he may visit by the end of this year.
But the much-anticipated trip has not yet materialised, which has left Kim feeling “much regret”, according to his letter, sent to mark the end of the year, Moon’s spokesman said.
