Kim and Moon: The heir born to rule and the escapee’s son

This combination of two file photos shows South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Nov. 7, 2017 and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) during his March 26-27, 2018 visit to Beijing. -AP

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in have followed paths to power as radically different as their two countries, but they will come together at a summit in the Demilitarized Zone on Friday.

Moon’s parents were both born in a small village in Hungnam, in what is now North Korea, and his father Moon Yong-hyung graduated from an elite high school before becoming a local government agricultural official.