A dog Kim Jong Un gave to South Korea as a peace gift has had 6 puppies

• A dog gifted to South Korea by North Korea has given birth to three male and three female puppies.

• South Korea described the dogs as a "symbol of peace" when they arrived in September.

• South Korea's presidential residence has shared pictures of the puppies with the president and first lady.

A dog given to South Korea by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to promote peace has given birth to six puppies.

Two white Pungsan dogs were presented to South Korean President Moon Jae-in in September as a peace offering from North Korea, to symbolize the two nations' warming relations.

Now Gomi, the female dog, has given birth to three female and three male puppies, Jae-in's office wrote on Twitter. Both the president and first lady were taking care of the dogs, the tweet said.

The images were originally shared by The Blue House, the official presidential residence.

The Blue House also shared a video with Jae-in with one of the dogs and a puppy.

South Korea described Gomi and the other dog, Songgang, as a "symbol of peace" when they arrived in September.

To get there, they had to undergo a quarantine and pass through the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) and the truce village of Panmunjom.

The breed is designated as a North Korean "natural monument" animal, Reuters reported.