Gomi, which was given to Moon Jae-in by Kim Jong Un, gave birth to six puppies |
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife have been pictured cuddling a litter of puppies whelped by one of the dogs given to them by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a symbol of the strengthening ties between the two countries.
Images
released on Sunday show the couple smiling as they sit on the ground outside
their residence in Seoul surrounded by the six pups and their mother Gomi.
Kim sent
Moon a pair of indigenous North Korean hunting dogs following their meeting in
Pyongyang in September as a token of their rapidly blossoming friendship.
"Meet
the newborn puppies of Gomi, one of the Pungsan dogs from North Korea,"
Moon's office tweeted on Sunday.
It posted
two pictures of the dogs, one of them showing five furry white pups cuddled on
Moon's lap with the sixth in the first lady's arms, with Gomi by their side in
the courtyard of the presidential residence.
Moon's
posted two pictures of the pooches, one of them showing five furry white
pups
cuddled on Moon's lap with the sixth in the first lady's arms
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Both the
mother and the puppies -- three males and three females born on November 9 --
were "very healthy", the presidential office said.
Known for
loyalty and intelligence, the Pungsan breed -- a hunting dog with a thick, creamy
white coat, pointy ears and hazel eyes -- is originally from an area of the
same name in the North.
"As
the pregnancy period of dogs is about two months, Gomi must have been pregnant
when she came to us," Moon tweeted when the puppies were born, adding:
"I hope inter-Korean ties will also be like this."
Moon is a
known animal lover who has four dogs -- the two canines gifted by Kim, another
Pungsan dog Maru, and a black mutt named Tory he adopted after taking office --
plus a former shelter cat called Jjing-Jjing.
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