<p class="title">Officials from North and South Korea met today to discuss the logistics of a rare summit later this month, 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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Today'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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Attention is particularly on the mode of Kim's transportation for the short trip from the North's side of the military demarcation line to the South: on foot or by car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The summit is set to take place at the South's Peace House in the border truce village of Panmunjom.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The two sides will reportedly also discuss whether to allow live broadcasting of the summit for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The previous summits in 2000 and 2007 were recorded and aired later.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five-member South Korean delegation Thursday was led by Kim Sang-gyun, a senior director from the National Intelligence Service, who met with Kim Chang-son, an official from the North's state affairs committee and five other delegates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This month's summit will be only the third of its kind since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice. Landmark talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump are planned for May.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ongoing rapprochement was triggered by the South's Winter Olympics, to which the North sent athletes, cheerleaders and Kim's sister as an envoy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim has since embarked on a diplomatic overture that has seen him pencil in summit meetings with the South and the US and make his international debut with a visit to Beijing -- his first overseas trip since taking power in 2011.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula has even seen Kim and his wife attend a concert put on by South Korean pop stars in the North's capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials from the two sides will meet again Saturday for another round of working-level talks to discuss setting up a hotline between the leaders of North and South Korea.</p>
<p class="title">Officials from North and South Korea met today to discuss the logistics of a rare summit later this month, 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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Today'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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Attention is particularly on the mode of Kim's transportation for the short trip from the North's side of the military demarcation line to the South: on foot or by car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The summit is set to take place at the South's Peace House in the border truce village of Panmunjom.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The two sides will reportedly also discuss whether to allow live broadcasting of the summit for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The previous summits in 2000 and 2007 were recorded and aired later.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five-member South Korean delegation Thursday was led by Kim Sang-gyun, a senior director from the National Intelligence Service, who met with Kim Chang-son, an official from the North's state affairs committee and five other delegates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This month's summit will be only the third of its kind since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice. Landmark talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump are planned for May.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ongoing rapprochement was triggered by the South's Winter Olympics, to which the North sent athletes, cheerleaders and Kim's sister as an envoy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim has since embarked on a diplomatic overture that has seen him pencil in summit meetings with the South and the US and make his international debut with a visit to Beijing -- his first overseas trip since taking power in 2011.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula has even seen Kim and his wife attend a concert put on by South Korean pop stars in the North's capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials from the two sides will meet again Saturday for another round of working-level talks to discuss setting up a hotline between the leaders of North and South Korea.</p>