SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-un, the newly anointed leader of North Korea, met on Monday with a private delegation of prominent South Koreans, his first face-to-face encounter with any visitors from the outside world since assuming the top spot a week ago when his father’s death was abruptly announced.

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