The son of a deceased North Korean religious leader will visit the DPRK this week in what will be the first by a South Korean since April, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced on Monday.

Choi In-guk is the second son of Ryu Mi Yong, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Chondoist Chongu Party, who died of lung cancer at the age of 95 in November last year.

“The Ministry of Unification approved the application by Choi In-guk to attend his mother’s memorial ceremony marking the first-year anniversary of her death and visit her grave,” Baik Tae-hyun, a spokesperson for