SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in left Tuesday for Pyongyang for a summit with top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un, a live broadcast at the Seoul press center showed.
Moon took a helicopter to the Seoul Air Base outside of Seoul from the presidential Blue House to shun a traffic jam during the morning rush hour.
An airplane carrying Moon and his entourage, including presidential secretaries, cabinet members, businesspeople, lawmakers and entertainers, departed for the DPRK's capital city at around 8:50 a.m. local time (2350 GMT Monday).