Kim Jong Un Hosts Seoul Envoys for First Time Since Taking Power
- Moon’s top aides seek to persuade Kim to start talks with U.S
- South Korea’s security, spy chiefs in North Korean capital
North Korea hosts South Korean envoy
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with top aides to South Korea’s Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang on Monday, the president’s office said, in the first meeting between the leader of the isolated nation and officials from Seoul since he took power in 2011.
National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong and National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon were in the North Korean capital to persuade Kim to start talks with the U.S. on denuclearization and stave off a potential conflict over his nuclear program. The envoys also planned to discuss with Pyongyang officials the release of three Korean-Americans detained in North Korea.