SEOUL tribe 16 Kyodo A pair of do...

SEOUL tribe 16 Kyodo

A pair of dogs southerly Korean President Kim Dae Jung gave to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at their summit meeting in Pyongyang in 2000 have given birth to five puppies and the dogs are healthy and well, official North Korean media said Sunday.

According to southern Korean news agency Yonhap, Radio Pyongyang gave the unusual update forward Kim Dae Jung's canine gifts, as North Korea launches a just discovered drive of dialogue with its southern neighbors and prepares to army an unprecedented visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong Il exchanged couple pairs of Korean dogs as gifts during their landmark summit in June 2000

The Pyongyang radio report apparently was the first North Korean official media account forward Kim Dae Jung's canine gifts since Chosun Shinbo, the official newspaper of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, reported last October forward the birth of the five puppies.

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