Protesters in Seoul Burn Image of Kim Jong-un During North Koreans’ Visit<br />Local reporters have nicknamed her the "girl on a steed" after one of her most popular songs, "A Girl in the Saddle of a Steed." Reflecting the passions surrounding the two-day visit, South Korean activists used a blowtorch to burn a large photo of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader,<br />and a North Korean flag as Ms. Hyon’s delegation was traveling Monday through the sprawling Seoul Station.<br />22, 2018<br />HONG KONG — A North Korean delegation wrapped up a rare visit to South Korea on Monday to plan cultural performances there during the Winter Olympics,<br />and was met with both enthusiastic crowds and angry protests as it checked out venues in Seoul.<br />On Monday, Ms. Hyon continued to draw sizable crowds of onlookers<br />and reporters fixated on her attire — particularly her black coat with fur neck wrap and black high heels — with news organizations providing live coverage of her visit.<br />South Korean leaders hope the North’s participation in the Olympics next month in Pyeongchang, along with the cultural events,<br />will pave the way for warmer ties between the two countries and ease tensions over the North’s nuclear program.<br />The two Koreas have agreed to march together in the opening ceremony of the Olympics<br />and to form a unified women’s ice hockey team, the first inter-Korean team ever fielded during Olympic competition.<br />The visiting delegation has drawn intense interest and ignited a media frenzy focusing on the North Korean singer Hyon Song-wol.
