<p class="title">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister met South Korean officials on their heavily defended border on Wednesday to deliver flowers and her brother's condolences over the death of a former South Korean first lady.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sister, Kim Yo Jong, visited the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas to pay her respects to Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lee died in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Dae-jung tried to promote better ties on the divided Korean peninsula and became the first South Korean leader to meet North Korea's then-leader, Kim Jong Il, in 2000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">South Korean officials said Kim Yo Jong, who has emerged over the past 18 months as a top aide to her brother, did not have any particular message or letter for South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The two sides talked for about 15 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She said she hopes the South and the North will continue cooperation, upholding Ms Lee Hee-ho's resolve for reconciliation and cooperation between the people," South Korea's national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Today, she focused on cherishing the deceased and sharing condolences."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Moon's press secretary told a separate briefing that Kim Yo Jong also said her brother had a "special feeling" towards Lee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Yo Jong's visit came exactly a year after her brother and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at the first U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore to work towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, easing fears of war.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those talks have since stalled and inter-Korean engagement has dwindled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Dae-jung, president from 1998 to 2003, is known for championing a so-called Sunshine policy of engagement with North Korea. Last year's detente between the two Koreas was seen as a revival of that policy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reclusive North Korea and the rich, democratic South are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last year saw a number of high-level meetings between South and North, including three summits between Kim Jong Un and South Korea's President Moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Yo Jong visited South Korea for the Winter Olympics in February 2018 and also accompanied her brother at the summits. </p>
<p class="title">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister met South Korean officials on their heavily defended border on Wednesday to deliver flowers and her brother's condolences over the death of a former South Korean first lady.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sister, Kim Yo Jong, visited the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas to pay her respects to Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lee died in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Dae-jung tried to promote better ties on the divided Korean peninsula and became the first South Korean leader to meet North Korea's then-leader, Kim Jong Il, in 2000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">South Korean officials said Kim Yo Jong, who has emerged over the past 18 months as a top aide to her brother, did not have any particular message or letter for South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The two sides talked for about 15 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She said she hopes the South and the North will continue cooperation, upholding Ms Lee Hee-ho's resolve for reconciliation and cooperation between the people," South Korea's national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Today, she focused on cherishing the deceased and sharing condolences."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Moon's press secretary told a separate briefing that Kim Yo Jong also said her brother had a "special feeling" towards Lee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Yo Jong's visit came exactly a year after her brother and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at the first U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore to work towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, easing fears of war.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those talks have since stalled and inter-Korean engagement has dwindled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Dae-jung, president from 1998 to 2003, is known for championing a so-called Sunshine policy of engagement with North Korea. Last year's detente between the two Koreas was seen as a revival of that policy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reclusive North Korea and the rich, democratic South are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last year saw a number of high-level meetings between South and North, including three summits between Kim Jong Un and South Korea's President Moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kim Yo Jong visited South Korea for the Winter Olympics in February 2018 and also accompanied her brother at the summits. </p>