Apr 18, 2018 - World

Part of North-South Korea summit to be broadcast live

Kim Jong-un displayed on a TV with a red backdrop.

Kim Jong-un. Photo: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

Parts of the North Korea-South Korea summit set to take place next week will be broadcast live, South Korea’s presidential office said, per Yonhap News.

A preview: Spokesman Kwun Hyuk-ki told Yonhap key moments of the summit will be broadcast, including the handshake between Kim Jong-un, North Korea's dictator, and Moon Jae-in, South Korea's president. That's an unusual amount of transparency for an event involving the North Korean leader.

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