Seoul — South Korean President Moon Jae-in sat next to the powerful sister of the North’s leader Kim Jong-un at a concert in Seoul by musicians from Pyongyang on Sunday, as conservative protesters burnt the North’s national flag outside. The show was the final set-piece element of the North Korean delegation’s landmark visit, the diplomatic highlight of the Olympics-driven rapprochement between the two halves of the peninsula. They have shared kimchi and soju, sat in the same box at the Olympics opening ceremony and cheered a unified women’s ice hockey team. Kim invited Moon to a summit in the North on Saturday, an offer extended by his sister and special envoy, Kim Yo-jong, who made history as the first member of the North’s ruling dynasty to visit the South since the Korean War. Pictures showed Kim Yo-jong seated between Moon and the North’s ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, who is leading the North’s delegation, and applauding at the concert. The show was given by about 140...
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