Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, and his wife Ri Sol Ju climbed Mt Paektu together with President Moon Jae In and his wife Kim Jung Sook on Thursday morning after the successful north-south summit drawing the attention of all the fellow countrymen and the whole world.
Officials of the north side and entourage of the south side climbed together.
On the ridge of Janggun Peak, the highest peak in range of Mt Paektu, Supreme Leader of the Party, state and army
Kim Jong Un together with President Moon Jae In feasted their eyes long on the natural beauty of the majestic and magnificent peaks, spectacular scenery of the limpid and blue Lake Chon and the wavy sea of foliage that extended vast reminding one of the blood vein of the nation.
Moon Jae In expressed his impression of climbing the holy mountain symbolic of the soul and spirit of the Korean nation and voiced his expectation and conviction that the first step today would be followed by a new era desired by all the fellow countrymen.
Kim Jong Un and his wife had photos taken with Moon Jae In and his wife in memory of the historic moment of being on the top of Mt Paektu together.
Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju together with Moon Jae In and his wife Kim Jung Sook went down to Lake Chon and exchanged impressions of climbing the mountain, walking along the shore of the lake.
Kim Jong Un and his wife had a photo taken with Moon Jae In and his wife on the lakeside once again.
The personages of the north and the south had photos taken together on Janggun Peak and on the shore of Lake Chon of Mt Paektu.