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N Korea mum on summit invite to Moon as its delegation winds up South visit

In a rare honour for visiting foreign guests, Moon met Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, four times during the delegation's three-day visit

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A North Korean delegation including Kim Yo Jong, center, arrives at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea. | Photo: AFP/PTI

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North Korea's delegation sent to the Winter Olympics held "frank and candid" talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the North Korean news agency said on Sunday, but it made no mention of the North's invitation to Moon to Pyongyang for a summit.

The delegation, the highest-ranking to visit the South and led by the younger sister of the North's leader Kim Jong Un, concludes its visit on Sunday after charming and intriguing the South Korean public, but still faces deep scepticism over Pyongyang's sincerity towards improving relations.

Any summit between the two still-officially warring Koreas would be a coup for Moon,

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