President Moon Jae-in is holding a luncheon meeting at the Blue House with the leaders of South Korea's five major political parties.<br />It's the first time all five leaders of the ruling and opposition parties will be present since President Moon took office around ten months ago.<br />We connect to our National Assembly correspondent Kim Min-ji on the phone for details.<br />Min-ji, fill us in.<br /><br /> Mark.<br />The luncheon meeting is underway now.<br />It's the third meeting of its kind since President Moon took office in May last year -- and the first time the leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party will join the gathering.<br /> Hong Joon-pyo -- the conservative party chair -- had boycotted two previous meetings -- citing disagreements the party has with some of the president's key policies,... as well as refusing to be part of what he claimed was a "political show."<br /><br /> He said this time he would attend given the gravity of the security situation on the peninsula.... and requested the topics for discussion remain limited to security and inter-Korean issues.<br />In fact, on the table today, is expected to be recent developments in cross-border relations -- especially with signs of a thaw following the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.<br /> President Moon is expected to update them on the developments and ask for cooperation from all the parties.<br />And as the meeting comes just a day after the South Korean delegation returned from their visit to North Korea,... the president will likely further explain the details of his administration's agreements with the North.<br />National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong will also brief them on the outcome his talks with the North Korean leader.<br /><br />That's about all we know for now,... but each party will be giving respective press briefings once the luncheon meeting is over so I will have more on that in our later newscast. <br />
