The only two Korean delegations authorized by Seoul to travel to North Korea to give his condolences for the death of dictator Kim Jong-il, who died on December 17 , crossed the border on Monday between the two countries, reported the South Korean agency Yonhap .
Pyongyang warned Seoul on Saturday consequences "catastrophic" in inter-Korean relations if not allowed to travel to North Korea, South Korean citizens wishing to express condolences over the death of Kim.
Last Friday, the communist regime announced that it would to any group in the neighboring country that would give his condolences to the North Korean capital, Seoul and soon after announced only authorize the trip north of the two delegations.
The two committees combined total of 19 people and are led respectively by the chairwoman of Hyundai , Hyun Jeong-eun, and the former First Lady Lee Hee-ho, widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
Promoters of Reconciliation
Seoul decided to authorize the travel of these two personalities and his companions because North Korea sent delegations when their husbands died, both active promoters of reconciliation between the two Koreas over the past decade.
The South Korean delegation held a lunch meeting with senior North Korean officials in the capital, Pyongyang, before their respects to Kim Jong Il, Yonhap said the South's Unification Ministry.
The two Koreas are technically at war since 1950
In 1994, when he died the founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung , father of Kim Jong-il, Seoul offered no sympathy or send an official delegation.
On this occasion also gave his condolences Seoul or released state delegation, while expressing sympathy to the people of North Korea, and allowed individuals and businesses to send messages of condolence, as well as authorize the journey of these two groups.
It requires approval from the Ministry of Unification in South Korea any person or organization wishing to cross the border between the two Koreas technically at war since the Korean War (1950-53) concluded with an armistice was signed today without a final peace.
Kim Jong-un, "the only party leader"
Just this Monday the newspaper of North Korean Workers Party referred to Kim Jong-un , appointed to succeed his father Kim Jong-il , the leader of the main body of the training.
The designation, number of articles published in the newspaper Rodong Sinmun indicate that the young successor, whose age is estimated at just less than 30 years , is in process of taking control of the country after the death of North Korean leader.
"All the Party organizations in the country are advocating the ideology and leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong-one with a single thought , "the newspaper said. "We will stake our life," he added, "to protect the Central Military Commission, headed by the dear Comrade Kim Jong-un."
Articles published by the newspaper, which described Kim Jong Un as leader of the powerful Central Military Commission and ask for loyalty to his person, suggest that the youth plays, de facto , the positions of president of this organization and general secretary of the Workers' Party, according to Yonhap.
Kim Jong-il last year named vice president of the Central Military Commission Kim Jong-un, his youngest son, who was promoted to the rank of four-star general in his first major step to consolidate its position as successor to lead the North Korean regime militarized
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