Lee Hee-ho, South Korea′s former first lady in a visit to Pyongyang, North Korea.

Lee Hee-ho, South Korea′s former first lady  has arrived in Pyongyang where her trip will include visits to a maternity clinic, an orphanage and a children's hospital.The visit has raised hopes of an improvement in long stagnant inter－Korean ties.
North Korea sent a formal invitation confirming the trip on Monday.South Korea′s former first lady Lee Hee-the widow of former President Kim Dae－jung will travel with a 19－member delegation..
North Korea President Kim Jong-un had extended an invitation to the former First Lady after sending her condolence flowers on the third year of the anniversary of the death of his father.
Tensions between the Koreas worsened last year following the opening of a UN office in Seoul to monitor human rights in North Korea, and Pyonyang's refusal to release several South Korean citizens detained there.

Kim Sung-jae, a former South Korean culture minister who is part of Lee's delegation to North Korea, said that Lee hopes that her visit will pave the way for more dialogue, exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.

It is not known, however, whether Lee will pay a visit to any top Korean officials, including the leader Kim Jong-un, before her return to Seoul on Sunday.

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