NORTH Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un has confessed he was “embarrassed” about his crumbling nation's services and “honestly worried” about the south’s leader coming to visit.

This frank admission came as the communist dictator became the first leader to step into the capitalist South for 65 years in a bid to prevent war in the peninsula.

6 Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in share a smile during the dictator's visit Credit: AFP or licensors

6 Kim Jong-un talking with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in, where the confession was said to have been made Credit: Reuters

Details of the historic talks have been emerging after Kim arrived at the truce village of Panmunjom to shake hands with his arch-rival President Moon Jae-in.

Moon's spokesman Yoon Young-chan says Kim's comments over the state of his country came after the South Korean leader expressed a desire to travel North to visit Mount Paektu, which touches the country's border with China.

According Al Jazeera, Kim said: “I’d be honestly worried if you come, it might be embarrassing, the transportation is not good.”

The dictator then referred to the South Korean KTX bullet train and said they didn’t have anything like that in North Korea.

6 The meeting between leaders of the two sides of the border has been made as part of steps towards defusing the tense stand-off Credit: Reuters

Kim then suggested if he visited he should probably come by air because the roads were “inconvenient”.

But the comments about his country's duff transport services are unlikely to be reported in North Korea.

Citizens cannot view outside media and are bombarded with propaganda trumpeting how life in the hermit kingdom is better than any other on earth.

6 Kim Jong-un's reported comments may reveal the effect sanctions over his missiles tests are having on his crumbling country Credit: AFP or licensors

6 A KTX express train which are built and operated in South Korea Credit: Alamy

6 Kim Jong-un's official train which was last seen visiting China in a surprise visit in March Credit: AP:Associated Press

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But Moon said in response that North Koreans would be able to enjoy the South's high-speed trains if the rivals improve relations and reconnect their rail networks across the border.

North Korean roads are often bumpy and poorly maintained.

Its train network is also way out of date compared to his neighbour's state-of-the-art high-speed bullet trains.

Kim earlier this month met with China's ambassador and visited a hospital where Chinese tourists were being treated after a deadly bus crash killed 32 in North Korea.

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korea's Moon Jae-in for summit to discuss denuclearisation and peace in the Korean peninsula

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