North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un has sent condolences over the passing of the mother of South Korean President
Moon Jae-in, Moon's office said on Thursday, despite Pyongyang's aloofness and frosty bilateral ties.
In a message delivered via the border village of Panmunjom late on Wednesday, Kim expressed "deep condolences" and "consolation" over Moon's loss, Moon's spokeswoman Ko Min-jung told a briefing.
Moon's mother, Kang Han-ok, died on Tuesday at a hospital in the southern port city of Busan.