{"id":1288,"date":"2018-02-22T04:01:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T04:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2018-02-22T04:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T04:01:04","slug":"kim-jong-un-praises-south-koreas-impressive-and-sincere-olympic-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/02\/22\/kim-jong-un-praises-south-koreas-impressive-and-sincere-olympic-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un praises South Korea&#8217;s &#8216;impressive and sincere&#8217; Olympic welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un said it is important to boost the &#8220;warm climate of reconciliation&#8221; after meeting with the delegation that returned to the North after visiting the South for the Winter Olympics, the North&#8217;s state media said on Tuesday.<\/h2>\n<p>Kim Jong Un also expressed &#8220;satisfaction&#8221; over their visit and said efforts made by Seoul to prioritise their visit were &#8220;very impressive&#8221; including their &#8220;sincere efforts&#8221; for which he gave his gratitude, the Korean Central News Agency said.<\/p>\n<p>As with North Korean media reports over the weekend, there was again no mention of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20180210-nkorean-leader-invites-skoreas-moon-north-says-skorea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the summit offer given to South Korean Moon Jae-in <\/a>from Kim Jong Un via his younger sister, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20180209-kim-jong-un-sister-yo-jong-arrives-south-korea-winter-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim Yo Jong<\/a>, who was part of the delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Yo Jong delivered a letter from her brother at a visit to the South&#8217;s presidential Blue House on Saturday, asking Moon to visit &#8220;at his earliest convenience&#8221; to which Moon replied both Koreas should try to make conditions that would make the visit possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"divVideoStepAdBottom\" class=\"divVideoStep\"><\/div>\n<p>Talk of an inter-Korean summit, which would be the first since 2007 if it happened, come after months of tension between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Korea<\/a>&#8216;s nuclear and missile programmes.<\/p>\n<p>An exchange of fiery words between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump also ratcheted up unease on the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday&#8217;s report, Kim Jong Un gave &#8220;important instructions&#8221; for possible measures to maintain the atmosphere of conciliation and dialogue without offering more details.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul said on Monday it would push ahead with its plans for reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War in order to sustain the dialogue prompted by the North Korean delegation&#8217;s visit.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un said it is important to boost the &#8220;warm climate of reconciliation&#8221; after meeting with the delegation that returned to the North after visiting the South for the Winter Olympics, the North&#8217;s state media said on Tuesday. 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