Kim and his party will also visit Singapore.

Leaving with Kim were Ri Kwang Gun, chairman of the Commission for Joint Venture and Investment, and An Jong Su, minister of Light Industry, and other suite members.

They were seen off at the airport by Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the SPA, Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ho Thae Gwon, vice-minister of Light Industry, and Fitri Riyanti, minister-councilor of the Indonesian embassy here, and Liu Hongcai, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.