South Korean envoys to North Korea met with leader Kim Jong-un for more than four hours on Monday and delivered a letter from President Moon Jae-in.  

Presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said in a news briefing Tuesday that the meeting and dinner took place at the headquarters of the North's ruling Workers' Party. It marked the first time for the communist state to invite South Korean officials to the headquarters of its powerful ruling party. 

The North Korean leader's sister Kim Yo-jong, and vice chief of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party Kim Yong-chol were also in attendance. 

Kim Jong-un’s wife, Ri Sol-ju, was present for the dinner along with Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, and Maeng Kyong-il, deputy director of the United Front Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea.  

The South Korean envoys, led by the chief of the presidential National Security Office Chung Eui-yong, will return home on Tuesday afternoon after additional talks with North Korean officials.