'미국 대선 전 김여정 방미 추진' 요미우리 보도에 외교부 공식 부인<br /><br />South Korea has dismissed claims by a Japanese newspaper... that it's been trying to arrange a visit to the U.S. by the North Korean leader's sister... before the presidential election in November.<br />Seoul's foreign ministry called the report "untrue."<br />Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, in a report Wednesday, claimed that South Korea had planned to arrange high-level meetings between Kim Yo-jung and top U.S. officials,... citing sources from Seoul, Tokyo and Washington.<br />The report added that Seoul initially hoped to revive the denuclearization talks through another summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un,... but later decided it would try for a visit by Kim's sister to avoid a repeat of the no-deal summit in Hanoi.<br />
