South Korean first lady visits Pyongyang hospital, music university

Kim Jung-sook, wife of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, visited the Okryu Children's Hospital and Kim Won Gyun University of Music in Pyongyang on Tuesday afternoon on the sidelines of the third inter-Korean summit this year.

South Korean First lady Kim Jung-sook visits Okryu Children's Hospital in Pyongyang, DPRK, September 18, 2018. [Photo: Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool via Reuters]

The South Korean first lady arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday morning with Moon on a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the first by a South Korean president in 11 years.

During the visit to the hospital and the university, Kim Jung-sook was greeted and accompanied by Ri Sol Ju, wife of Kim Jong-un, top leader of the DPRK, and Pak Thae Song, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday.

At the children's hospital, Kim Jung-sook visited a therapy room for children suffering developmental disabilities and an educational center for long-stay patients, and talked to children there.

Kim Jung-sook (C), wife of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, talks with Ri Sol Ju (centre L), wife of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un, during a visit to the Kim Won-gyun Conservatory in Pyongyang on September 18, 2018. [Photo: Pyeongyang Press Corps]

In the music university, she and her entourage looked around various classrooms and enjoyed a performance by the university orchestra.