Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok says nine officials will accompany North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Friday’s inter-Korean summit. 

In a news briefing at the main press center for the summit, Im announced Thursday that Kim’s entourage will include the North's nominal head of state Kim Yong-nam and four key officials of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, including Kim’s younger sister, Kim Yo-jong. 

The entourage will also include two high-level military officials, including Ri Myong-su, chief of the General Staff of the North's Korean People's Army, as well as Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho and Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.

Meanwhile, the size of President Moon Jae-in's entourage rose to seven after Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Jeong Kyeong-doo was added to the group. Some of the other members are National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong, National Intelligence Service Director Suh Hoon and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha.

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