Observers reckoned it was significant the meeting happened at Mount Kumgang, where Hyundai Asan ran tourist trips to the North until a South Korean holidaymaker was shot dead by a soldier last year.

• 观察人士认为，会晤安排在金刚山(MountKumgang)举行意义重大。现代峨山曾组织韩国旅游团前往那里观光，直至去年发生一名韩国度假者被朝鲜士兵击毙的事件。