Kim Jong Un opens rare party congress in North Korea North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un opens a landmark Workers' Party party congress, launching a political spectacle expected to unveil the next phase in the nation's nuclear weapons programme. The gathering directs state efforts on everything from house building to war planning, offering potential hints about the country's foreign policy, as well as Kim's daughter and heir apparent, Ju Ae. | AFP News Agency

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, walked across the inter-Korean border to meet the South’s president, Moon Jae-in. No North Korean leader had made the journey in the two countries’ 70-year history of bitter rivalry. Read the story: https://nyti.ms/2HRWOoh | Video From The New York Times