North Korea's Kim describes South as very impressive

Seoul: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un praised South Korea as very impressive, state media reported on Tuesday, after his sister and other top regime officials returned from their landmark visit to the Winter Olympics.

The state-run KCNA news agency published a short report on Kim meeting the delegation on its return to Pyongyang.

“After receiving the [Olympic] delegation’s report, Kim Jong-un expressed satisfaction over it and said that very impressive were the features of the south side which specially prioritised the visit of the members of the DPRK side who took part in the Winter Olympics,” KCNA said.