하루 앞둔 남북정상회담, 임종석 비서실장 브리핑서 "내일 오전 9시 30분 역사적 첫만남"<br /><br /> Okay, so without a doubt an eventful day culiminating perhaps in the statement of agreement in the evening.<br />Hojun, do we know anything about who will be participating besides President Moon and Kim Jong-un?<br /><br /> Indeed.<br /> So what we know so far is that seven Blue House and government officials and a total of 9 officials from North Korea will be accompanying their respective leader.<br /> For a more thorough explanation on who will be attending, my esteemed collegue and Arirang's Unification Ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee has this report. Take a look.<br /> <br /> The pieces are now in place.<br />South and North Korea have finalized the list of officials who'll accompany their respective leaders to the April 27th summit.<br /><br /> According to South Korea's presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday,... North Korea is sending nine officials -- most of whom have been at the center of this year's moves toward inter-Korean peace.<br /> They include North Korea's ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam and Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong,... both of whom came to South Korea during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February.<br />Also on the list is... Kim Yong-chol, who coordinated with the intelligence chiefs of South Korea and the U.S. in their preparatory meetings.<br /> The regime's foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho,... and its unification committee chairman, Ri Son-kwon -- who headed North Korean delegation to high-level talks -- will be coming as well.<br /> Pyongyang's top military officials -- such as army chief Ri Myong-su and defense minister Pak Yong-sik are also to accompany Kim Jong-un. <br /><br /> Seoul released its list of officials last week.<br />They are... Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok, National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong, National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon,... and the ministers of unification, national defense, and foreign affairs..<br />Added to the list on Thursday was the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jung Kyung-doo.<br />That's a total of seven officials. <br /> The makeup of both delegations lean heavily towards security affairs.<br /><br /> "The North Korean delegation includes some key military and foreign affairs figures,... which, at the beginning, we didn't expect. We see that North Korea is considering not only the inter-Korean summit... but also the U.S.-North Korea summit... and possible cooperation with the international community in the future."<br /><br /> Im sees the inclusion by North Korea of key military officials... as a way to enable deep discussions about measures to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula... and to lower military tensions.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. <br /><br /> Now of course, we're all wondering whether Kim Jong-un's wife, Ri Sol-ju, will accompany the North Korean leader.<br />According to Im, an agreement on that has not been reached yet, but the Blue House is anticipating that she will attend the welcoming dinner.<br />All will be revealed in less than 24 hours.<br />That's all I have for
