Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- With Kim Jong Un out of sight for a month, three North Korean officials popped down to South Korea for a last-minute visit Saturday.

And they delivered a diplomatic bonbon.

The three officials told South Korea that Pyongyang is willing to hold a new round of high-level meetings between late October and early November, South Korea's Unification Ministry said in a statement Saturday.

"Within my memory ... there was never ever such a high-level visit. Never," said North Korea analyst Andrei Lankov, from Seoul's Kookmin University.

Lankov said two of the three visitors "are essentially number two and number three in North Korean official hierarchy."

Right behind Kim, the "Dear Leader" himself.

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It was a sudden "charm offensive," Lankov said.

And it caused a media flurry, with South Korean television network YTN following the delegation's moves via extensive live coverage.

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The three gave Seoul short notice on Friday that they were dropping in officially to attend Saturday's closing ceremonies of the Asian Games in the port city of Incheon.

The South granted permission the same day to Hwang Pyong-so, vice marshal of the Korean People's Army, Kim Yang-gon and Choe Ryong-hae.

Kim Yang-gon is one of North Korea's top politicians responsible for dealings with the South.

Choe is the former head of the military but was replaced in May, triggering some speculation in the international press that he may have fallen out of favor with Kim Jong Un. But South Korean analysts say that he remains extremely influential.

He holds a seat as secretary on the Workers' Party's Central Committee, Pyongyang's highest decision-making body, and commands preeminent authority over civilian affairs.

Choe is also chairman of the Sports Guidance Commission.

The officials' Asian Games appearance was followed by a lunch with South Korean officials, and Seoul's reunification minister greeted the North Koreans at their hotel.

The delegation met with the South's national security chief, Kim Kwan-jin, and later with Prime Minister Chung Hong-won.

Speculation on Kim's absence

Kim Jong Un has been conspicuously absent even from important state events, and Pyongyang officials have said Kim is "suffering from discomfort." The last times he was seen publicly, he had gained weight and developed a limp.

與金正日淡出人們的視線，朝鮮高層的薪酬管理單元訪問南非
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2014年10月5日 - 更新1548 GMT（2348 HKT）
新聞提要
“在我的記憶中......從來就沒有過這樣的高層互訪，”專家說：
北方的軍事負責人，其他兩個執政黨的領導人參加的體育盛會
他們還與韓國官員，誰給他們一個熱烈的歡迎見面
金正云已淡出人們的視線了幾個星期; 官員說他是“從痛苦難受”
韓國首爾（CNN） -隨著金正云淡出人們的視線了一個月，三北朝鮮官員彈出下到韓國的最後一分鐘的行程星期六。
他們發表了外交糖果。
這三名官員告訴韓國平壤願意舉行新一輪的10月底和11月初的高級別會議，韓國統一部在一份聲明中說，星期六。
“在我的記憶中......從來就沒有過這樣的高級別訪問。從來沒有，”朝鮮的分析師安德烈·蘭科夫，從首爾國民大學說。
蘭可夫說，其中的兩個觀眾“本質上是排名第二和第三位的朝鮮官員階層。”
後面金正日的“親愛的領袖”自己。
是朝鮮最高領導人金正云趴低？
接到通知後，傳媒廣泛報導
這是一個突如其來的“魅力攻勢”，蘭可夫說。
它引起了媒體的一陣，與韓國電視台YTN以下的代表團通過廣泛的現場報導移動。
北朝鮮官員進行突訪 朝鮮領導層換血？ 是朝鮮準備核問題六方會談？
這三個給了首爾短時間內上週五，他們正式放棄在參加亞運會週六的閉幕式在港口城市仁川的。
南方獲准同日黃某抨那麼，朝鮮人民軍副元帥，金養健和崔嶺，海。
金養健是朝鮮負責與南方往來頂級的政治家之一。
崔是軍隊的​​前負責人，但被替換五月，引發了國際媒體的一些猜測，他可能已經失​​寵了金正云。但韓國分析人士說，他仍然是非常有影響力的。
他擁有一個席位作為勞動黨的中央委員會，朝鮮最高決策機構的秘書，並命令在平民事務卓越的權威。
崔也是體育指導委員會主席。
官員的亞運亮相，隨後與韓國官員共進​​午餐，和首爾的統一部長迎接朝鮮下榻的飯店。
代表團會見了南方的國家安全局長，金鈞斤，後來隨著總理頌紅韓元。
揣測金正日缺席
金正云已明顯缺乏甚至國家重要的事件，平壤官員說，金正日是“從不適的痛苦。”有人看到他在公開場合，他體重增加的最後時間，並制定了跛行。