Hyundai Chairwoman Meets Kim Jong-il at Last
Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun met Kim Jong-il for luncheon on Sunday after a weeklong wait while the reclusive North Korean leader attended to other business. North Korean Central Broadcasting reported around 9 p.m. Kim "met the chairwoman of Hyundai Group in South Korea."
It added Kim Yang-gun, the chairman of the North's Asia-Pacific Committee and director of the United Front Department of the North Korean Workers' Party, was also present. Kim Yang-gun reportedly fine-tuned the agenda with Hyun last Thursday.
The state-run channel said Hyun "presented a gift" to Kim Jong-il during the meeting, who thanked her. Kim remembered Hyun's predecessors at the Hyundai Group "with deep emotions" and the two engaged in "warm compatriotic talk," it added.
Check the pic at the link: Kimmie really does look like death warmed over ... |
Doesn't look like he weighs more than 85 pounds ... |
Definite buzzard bait ... | Hyun extended her stay in the North several times to meet Kim. If she returns on Monday, she will have been in the North for a whole week. Specific contents of what the two discussed are not known, but according to the joint press release from Hyundai Group and Asia-Pacific Peace Committee on Monday, North Korea agreed to resume inter-Korean tourism projects and facilitate operation of the joint industrial park.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-08-17 |