DPRK mourns ex-ROK leader, 'signals thaw' in relations

By Zhang Xin and Peng Kuang in Beijing, Reuters and AP in Seoul | China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-22 08:26

DPRK mourns ex-ROK leader, 'signals thaw' in relations

Kim Ki-nam, (center) chief of the DPRK delegation, passes by a giant portrait of Kim Dae-jung after paying respects to the former ROK president at the National Assembly in Seoul on Friday. AFP

Senior Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials sent by the country's top leader, Kim Jong-il, arrived in Seoul on Friday to pay respects to former Republic of Korea (ROK) president Kim Dae-jung in a move that Chinese experts said may further ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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