North Korea’s Kim and South Korean parliament speaker shake hands in Beijing

Sign up now: Get ST’s newsletters delivered to your inbox FILE PHOTO: National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik looks on during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File photo SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with the speaker of South Korea’s National Assembly, Woo Won-shik, in Beijing on Wednesday, Woo’s office said. The pair shook hands before the start of a military parade they were attending in China to celebrate the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, his office said in a statement. Woo was representing…