Park Jie-won, a South Korean lawmaker from the New Politics Alliance for Democracy party, visited the North Korean city of Kaesong on Tuesday to deliver a wreath of flowers to commemorate the passing of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

The delivery of the wreath was being made on behalf of Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, following a similar gesture from North Korea in August this year.

“We are paying our respects from a humanitarian perspective, and I don’t think (it) should be exaggerated,” Park told reporters in the South Korean city of