The influential sister of North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un will be attending the opening
ceremony at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
and visiting Seoul.
And in the morning,... almost three-hundred
North Koreans crossed the customs, immigration
and quarantine office at Dorasan Station just
south of the border.
Ji Myung-kil has our top story.
North Korea will send a 23-member high-level
delegation to South Korea for a three-day
visit beginning Friday.
The delegation will be led by Kim Yong-nam,...
and will include key names like Kim Yo-jong...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger
sister, Choe Hwi... the chair of the National
Sports Guidance Committee and Ri Song-gwon...
the chair of the North's committee on inter-Korean
affairs.
Kim Yo-jong is the youngest daughter of the
late leader Kim Jong-il and her role was strengthened
last year when she was promoted to the politburo.
They will be among the most senior North Korean
officials to ever visit South Korea.
The delegation will also include 16 support
staff and three journalists as well.
As the clock ticks down to the opening ceremony
of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games...
a North Korean delegation of 280 members led
by Pyongyang's sports minister Kim Il-guk
arrived in South Korea on Wednesday morning.
The delegation is comprised of four officials
from the North's National Olympic Committee,
229 cheerleaders, 26 taekwondo demonstrators
and 21 journalists.
North Korea's cheering squad, popularly known
as "army of beauties" will be attending and
cheering at Olympic matches that have either
South or North Korean athletes competing.
The North's cheerleaders first appeared at
the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.
The North's taekwondo team will conduct joint
performances with their South Korean counterparts
in the host cities of PyeongChang and Sokcho,
as well as in the South Korean capital of
Seoul.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.
