North Korea's Rodong Sinmun devotes five out of six pages to Moon's visit

The front page of Rodong Sinmun's Wednesday edition features North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju receiving South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook at the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, Tuesday. Rodong-Yonhap.

By Jung Da-min

About 100,000 Pyongyang citizens turned out to welcome South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the North Korean capital for his three-day summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, the Rodong Sinmun reported.

The Workers' Party mouthpiece devoted five out of six pages of its Wednesday edition to covering the first inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang in 11 years, presenting 37 photos of the event's moments.

The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also reported on the path the two leaders took from the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport to Paekhwawon State Guesthouse, elaborating on the reception citizens along the road gave to the motorcade.

The meeting of first ladies of the two Koreas was highlighted in the North's media. It was the first such meeting, not just between the Koreas but the first between the North and any other country. (South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook and her counterpart Ri Sol-ju visited Okryu Children's Hospital and Kim Won Gyun University of Music on Tuesday. The two visited the Mangyongdae Children's Palace on Wednesday.)

Pyongyang citizens had the rare experience of watching a performance of the North's Samjiyon Orchestra, together with President Moon and first lady Kim.

The South Korean artistic delegation, including composer Kim Hyeong-seok and singers Ali, Zico and Ailee, also featured in a photo on page 4 of Rodong Sinmun's Wednesday edition.