August 5, 2015
By AP
Lee Hee-ho, center, the wife of the late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, is greeted by a supporter as she arrives at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea, to leave for North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Lee's planned Aug. 5-8 trip comes amid continuing animosity between the rival Koreas following the recent opening of a U.N. office in Seoul tasked with monitoring what activists call the North's widespread abuse of its citizens' rights.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The 92-year-old widow (click here) of former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung arrived in North Korea on Wednesday for a four-day visit.
By AP
Lee Hee-ho, center, the wife of the late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, is greeted by a supporter as she arrives at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea, to leave for North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Lee's planned Aug. 5-8 trip comes amid continuing animosity between the rival Koreas following the recent opening of a U.N. office in Seoul tasked with monitoring what activists call the North's widespread abuse of its citizens' rights.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The 92-year-old widow (click here) of former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung arrived in North Korea on Wednesday for a four-day visit.
Lee Hee-ho will
visit a maternity clinic, an orphanage and a children's hospital,
according to her official itinerary. Aides say it is not clear if she
will meet top North Korean officials, such as leader Kim Jong Un, before
returning to Seoul on Saturday....