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S Korea unveils newborn pups given by Kim

November 27, 2018 00:00:00


South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) and his wife Kim Jung-sook looking at six puppies at his residence in Seoul on Sunday — AFP

SEOUL, Nov 26 (AFP): South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife have been pictured cuddling a litter of puppies whelped by one of the dogs given to them by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a symbol of the strengthening ties between the two countries.

Images released on Monday show the couple smiling as they sit on the ground outside their residence in Seoul surrounded by the six pups and their mother Gomi.

Kim sent Moon a pair of indigenous North Korean hunting dogs following their meeting in Pyongyang in September as a token of their rapidly blossoming friendship.

"Meet the newborn puppies of Gomi, one of the Pungsan dogs from North Korea," Moon's office tweeted on Sunday.

It posted two pictures of the dogs, one of them showing five furry white pups cuddled on Moon's lap with the sixth in the first lady's arms, with Gomi by their side in the courtyard of the presidential residence.

Both the mother and the puppies - three males and three females born on November 9 - were "very healthy", the presidential office said.

Known for loyalty and intelligence, the Pungsan breed - a hunting dog with a thick, creamy white coat, pointy ears and hazel eyes - is originally from an area of the same name in the North.

Moon is a known animal lover who has four dogs - the two canines gifted by Kim, another Pungsan dog Maru, and a black mutt named Tory he adopted after taking office - plus a former shelter cat called Jjing-Jjing.


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