North Korea envoy delivers letter from Kim Jong-un to Trump

A senior North Korean official has met US President Donald Trump at the White House to hand him a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the two countries try to put a derailed summit back on track.

Kim Yong Chol, a close aide to the North Korean leader, is the highest level figure from the secretive state to hold talks at the White House since a senior envoy visited former president Bill Clinton in 2000.

The envoy walked into the Oval Office to meet Trump on Friday.

The US previously blacklisted Kim Yong Chol, who once served as a bodyguard to the current leader's father Kim Jong Il, from coming to the US because of his role in North Korea's military establishment.

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AP