‘Momentum for peace’: Pope Francis urged to visit North Korea by Moon Jae-in

South Korean president meets pontiff and gives him a cross made of barbed wire taken from demilitarised zone

The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has made a fresh attempt to have Pope Francis visit North Korea, at a meeting at the Vatican where the two leaders discussed peace efforts, Yonhap news agency said.

Moon gave Francis one of 136 crosses created with barbed wire from a fence in the demilitarised zone, the division across the peninsula for the past 68 years.