(LEAD) Moon makes first encounter with N. Korean leader's sister
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20:29 February 09, 2018
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SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in briefly encountered North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister on Friday at the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.
Moon and Kim Yo-jong shook hands at their first-ever encounter during the ceremony. Kim arrived in the country earlier Friday as part of a delegation led by the North's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam.
She is the only member of the North's ruling family to have ever visited South Korea.
The North Korean delegates are scheduled to attend a lunch meeting hosted by Moon on Saturday.
bdk@yna.co.kr
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