Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (L) attends the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Porlamar, Venezuela September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ceremonial leader will make an unprecedented visit to South Korea this week, officials said on Monday, as hopes grew for high-level inter-Korean talks during the Winter Olympics that begin in four days.
South Korea's presidential Blue House said Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, would be the most senior North Korean official to cross the border to the South since the Korean War ended with a truce in 1953, and his visit would create "various opportunities" for high-level talks.
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