김정은, 하노이 방문 첫 일정으로 북한 대사관 방문<br /><br />Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam today,... after a long train ride all the way from North Korea.<br />It's the first visit to the country by a leader of the regime in over half-a-century.<br />Once again we start things off by connecting to our reporters standing by in the host city.<br />Our Park Hee-jun is at the Melia Hotel where Kim is staying.<br />Hee-jun, what has he been up to on his first day?<br />It looks like the North Korean leader has gone for a surprise outing tonight after all.<br />Right now he's at the North Korean embassy... having left the hotel just about an hour ago.<br />More than a dozen vehicles carrying the North Korean delegation departed with a security escort.<br />Kim left in the same black Mercedes he took from Dong Dang Station to Melia Hotel.<br />The road he took to get to the embassy... was of course heavily guarded.<br />He was seen entering the embassy with his top nuclear envoy Kim Yong-chol, his younger sister Kim Yo-jong... and his protocol chief Kim Chang-son.<br />It's starting to look quite similar to his schedule back in Singapore.<br />When he was there for his first face-to-face with President Trump,... he went to some key tourist spots in the country ahead of the summit.<br />If you remember, he even took a selfie at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel,... which was quite a surprise.<br />Maybe we'll be able to get another selfie out of him in Vietnam.<br />The North Korean embassy is only one-and-a-half kilometer away from the Melia Hotel.<br />While he's out he could also stop by some other places in Hanoi.<br />Lotte Center, for instance,... is an important landmark of South Korea's economic influence in Vietnam.<br />He is after all, well known for his interest in seeking economic reforms for North Korea,... with the Vietnam model being one of the options.<br />Another place he might go is the Presidential Palace... because the Vietnamese President is back from a trip to other nearby countries.<br />When Kim was on his way to the Melia hotel earlier today... it was thought he might stop by some other key sites in Vietnam... like Ha Long Bay, a popular tourist destination,... and industrial sites in Hai Phong or Bac Ninh Province.<br />He might still do that while he's in the country.<br />He could also visit a cemetery some 60 kilometers outside Hanoi where 14 North Koreans who died fighting in the Vietnam War... are buried.<br />That'll be easier to do thanks to the Vietnamese government clearing traffic for him.<br />Starting this evening, the Vietnamese government is restricting vehicles from using certain parts of Hanoi.<br />They will also be applied tomorrow,... from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon.<br />And that adds speculation that Kim could make another surprise trip.<br />That's all I have at this hour.
