Seoul — Officials of North and South Korea discussed protocol headaches and other logistics of a rare summit later in April, which will see Kim Jong-un become the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the end of the Korean War. Kim and the South’s president, Moon Jae-in, are due to meet on April 27 at the South’s side of the demilitarised zone for the landmark inter-Korean summit. Thursday’s working-level meeting was aimed at ironing out the protocols, security measures and media coverage of the summit, the South’s presidential office said. "We had sincere talks for four hours straight," said Kwun Hyuk-ki, one of South Korea’s five-member delegation to the talks. He declined to give details, saying the two sides will meet again for further discussions on a date yet to be fixed. The April summit will be only the third of its kind since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice. It is set to take place at the South’s Peace House in the border truce village of P...
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