Let's start with the latest arrivals from North Korea as the clock ticks down to the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.<br />Two-and-a-half hours ago,... almost three-hundred North Koreans have crossed the customs, immigration and quarantine office at Dorasan Station just south of the border.<br />Ji Myung-kil has the details. <br /> A North Korean delegation of 2-hundred-eighty members led by Pyongyang's sports minister Kim Il-guk arrived in South Korea on Wednesday morning.<br />The delegation is comprised of four officials from the North's National Olympic Committee, 2-hundred-twenty-nine cheerleaders, 26 taekwondo demonstrators and 21 journalists.<br /><br /> 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. <br />Their routine includes singing, dancing and sometimes using fans as props to bring out more cheers and excitement among spectators.<br />The North's cheerleaders first appeared at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.<br /> The North's taekwondo team will conduct joint performances with South Korean counterparts in the host cities of PyeongChang and Sokcho, as well as in the South Korean capital of Seoul.<br /><br /> On Friday,... Pyongyang will send a 22-member high-level delegation to South Korea led by the regime's ceremonial head of state... Kim Yong-nam,... for a three-day visit.<br />Kim, who is the head of parliament in North Korea, will attend the PyeongChang opening ceremony, which will also be attended by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.<br />Kim will be the highest-level North Korean official to visit the South in four years.<br /><br /> While in the South,... the high-level delegation will likely attend the united Korean women's ice hockey team's match on Saturday,... and even possibly meet with 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 ongoing nuclear and missile provocations.<br />Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News. <br />
