D-1: Countdown to historic meeting of Pres. Moon and Kim Jong-un (PART2)
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하루 앞둔 남북정상회담, 임종석 비서실장 브리핑서 "내일 오전 9시 30분 역사적 첫만남"
Okay, so without a doubt an eventful day culiminating perhaps in the statement of agreement in the evening.
Hojun, do we know anything about who will be participating besides President Moon and Kim Jong-un?
Indeed.
So what we know so far is that seven Blue House and government officials and a total of 9 officials from North Korea will be accompanying their respective leader.
For a more thorough explanation on who will be attending, my esteemed collegue and Arirang's Unification Ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee has this report. Take a look.
The pieces are now in place.
South and North Korea have finalized the list of officials who'll accompany their respective leaders to the April 27th summit.
According to South Korea's presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday,... North Korea is sending nine officials -- most of whom have been at the center of this year's moves toward inter-Korean peace.
They include North Korea's ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam and Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong,... both of whom came to South Korea during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February.
Also on the list is... Kim Yong-chol, who coordinated with the intelligence chiefs of South Korea and the U.S. in their preparatory meetings.
The regime's foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho,... and its unification committee chairman, Ri Son-kwon -- who headed North Korean delegation to high-level talks -- will be coming as well.
Pyongyang's top military officials -- such as army chief Ri Myong-su and defense minister Pak Yong-sik are also to accompany Kim Jong-un.
Seoul released its list of officials last week.
They are... Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok, National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong, National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon,... and the ministers of unification, national defense, and foreign affairs..
Added to the list on Thursday was the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jung Kyung-doo.
That's a total of seven officials.
The makeup of both delegations lean heavily towards security affairs.
"The North Korean delegation includes some key military and foreign affairs figures,... which, at the beginning, we didn't expect. We see that North Korea is considering not only the inter-Korean summit... but also the U.S.-North Korea summit... and possible cooperation with the international community in the future."
Im sees the inclusion by North Korea of key military officials... as a way to enable deep discussions about measures to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula... and to lower military tensions.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
Now of course, we're all wondering whether Kim Jong-un's wife, Ri Sol-ju, will accompany the North Korean leader.
According to Im, an agreement on that has not been reached yet, but the Blue House is anticipating that she will attend the welcoming dinner.
All will be revealed in less than 24 hours.
That's all I have for
Okay, so without a doubt an eventful day culiminating perhaps in the statement of agreement in the evening.
Hojun, do we know anything about who will be participating besides President Moon and Kim Jong-un?
Indeed.
So what we know so far is that seven Blue House and government officials and a total of 9 officials from North Korea will be accompanying their respective leader.
For a more thorough explanation on who will be attending, my esteemed collegue and Arirang's Unification Ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee has this report. Take a look.
The pieces are now in place.
South and North Korea have finalized the list of officials who'll accompany their respective leaders to the April 27th summit.
According to South Korea's presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday,... North Korea is sending nine officials -- most of whom have been at the center of this year's moves toward inter-Korean peace.
They include North Korea's ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam and Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong,... both of whom came to South Korea during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February.
Also on the list is... Kim Yong-chol, who coordinated with the intelligence chiefs of South Korea and the U.S. in their preparatory meetings.
The regime's foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho,... and its unification committee chairman, Ri Son-kwon -- who headed North Korean delegation to high-level talks -- will be coming as well.
Pyongyang's top military officials -- such as army chief Ri Myong-su and defense minister Pak Yong-sik are also to accompany Kim Jong-un.
Seoul released its list of officials last week.
They are... Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok, National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong, National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon,... and the ministers of unification, national defense, and foreign affairs..
Added to the list on Thursday was the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jung Kyung-doo.
That's a total of seven officials.
The makeup of both delegations lean heavily towards security affairs.
"The North Korean delegation includes some key military and foreign affairs figures,... which, at the beginning, we didn't expect. We see that North Korea is considering not only the inter-Korean summit... but also the U.S.-North Korea summit... and possible cooperation with the international community in the future."
Im sees the inclusion by North Korea of key military officials... as a way to enable deep discussions about measures to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula... and to lower military tensions.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
Now of course, we're all wondering whether Kim Jong-un's wife, Ri Sol-ju, will accompany the North Korean leader.
According to Im, an agreement on that has not been reached yet, but the Blue House is anticipating that she will attend the welcoming dinner.
All will be revealed in less than 24 hours.
That's all I have for