The Republic of Korea's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said he was told by Kim Yang-gon, a senior member of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, that there was no problem with the health of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday.

Ryoo said during a program on KBS television that the comment was made privately as they were heading for their car during the DPRK delegation's visit to Incheon on Saturday, and said he was certain because of Kim Yang-gon's tone.

Ryoo also said that Hwang Pyong-so, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission and director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, had sent Kim Jong-un's "warm regards" to ROK President Park Geun-hye on Saturday.