SEOUL ¨C The youngest son of former President Kim Dae-jung is one of just a few South Koreans to have met Kim Jong Un. He hopes a second meeting isn¡¯t far away.
Six years ago, Kim Hong-gul chatted with the current North Korean leader as part of a visiting delegation attending the funeral of late dictator Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. He¡¯s now looking for another encounter after he becomes head of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, a nonprofit group that promotes exchanges between two Koreas.
In a Dec. 1 interview, Kim Hong-gul said that a new era of reconciliation might be possible after North Korea declared that it completed its nuclear force. Kim Jong Un made the announcement following the launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile with improved technology that he said can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the U.S.
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