Vice Premier Sung Hun Jon of Korea, North

In an interview with the Financial Times, the elder Jon denied that he is a millionaire, claiming he merely receives a salary like anybody else.

The 27-member delegation headed by Jon is the third in less than three weeks to visit Seoul, in a sign of warming relations as the North disables its nuclear programmes.

The North's Jon said the two Koreas should work harder to facilitate cross-border economic projects, saying they are now``in the same boat.