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N. Korea to send Kim Yong-nam to lead high-level delegation for PyeongChang Winter Olympics

2018-02-05 17 Dailymotion

Our top story this afternoon...<br />North Korea will send its ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, to South Korea on Friday.<br />He will lead a high-level delegation to the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.<br />And around 30 minutes ago, the advance team for North Korea's art troupe entered South Korea to prepare for the North's cultural events.<br />Ji Myung-kil starts us off. <br /> Kim Yong-nam,... North Korea's ceremonial head of state,... will lead a 22-member delegation to South Korea for a three-day visit beginning this Friday.<br />Kim, who is the head of parliament in North Korea, will attend the PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony, which will also be attended by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.<br /> South Korea's unification ministry said Kim will lead a delegation of three other government officials and eighteen support staff.<br />He will be the highest-level official to visit the South in four years.<br />While in the South,... the North's delegation will likely attend the united Korean women's ice hockey team's match this Saturday,... and even possibly meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.<br /> The North's participation in the Games is widely seen as a diplomatic maneuver by Pyongyang as it faces growing international pressure and sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.<br /><br /> In preparation for the North's cultural events, a twenty-three member advance team arrived in the South using the western land route on Monday morning.<br />The members are a working group to prepare for the concerts that will be held this Thursday in the Olympic host city of Gangneung, and in Seoul this coming Sunday.<br />The group will be bringing musical instruments and other equipment necessary for the performances.<br /> On Tuesday, the leader of the Samjiyon Orchestra... Hyon Song-wol will likely lead the rest of the 140 member art troupe into South Korea by ship, using the eastern coastal route.<br />Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.<br /><br />South Korea's Blue House welcomed the visit of North Korea's high-level delegation led by Kim Yong-nam.<br />The Blue House spokesperson stressed the trip reflects North Korea's sincere efforts to improve inter-Korean relationships and to make the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics a success. <br />

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