Kim Yo-jong... the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,... will be touching down in South Korea after flying in on her brother's private jet.<br />Staying for three days,... she's the first member of the North's ruling Kim family to ever set foot on South Korean soil.<br />For more we connect to our Ji Myung-kil who's at the Incheon International Airport... the gateway to South Korea... so Myung-kil fill us in.<br /><br /> Mark.<br />Yes, given the historic nature of this visit,... there's lot of electricity in the air here.<br />Kim Yo-jong will be landing here at Incheon International Airport at 1:30 P.M.<br />As you mentioned,... she is using her brother's private jet to come with three other top officials flying over the West Sea and into Incheon.<br />From the airport she will likely go straight to PyeongChang to attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in the evening.<br /> She will be here with the North's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam... the chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee Choe Hwi... and the head of the North's committee in charge of inter-Korean affairs Ri Song-gwon.<br />Now there has been a lot of controversy as Kim Yo-jong is blacklisted by U.S. and Choe Hwi is under UN Security Council sanctions,... but those measures have been waived just for this occasion.<br />The 30-year old Kim, who has seen her profile within the regime rise steadily since 2014, was promoted to North Korea's politburo last year.<br /><br /> And there seems to be speculation Kim Yo-jong might deliver a message to President Moon Jae-in from her brother regarding inter-Korean ties or even North Korea's nuclear programs?<br /><br /> Yes that's right.<br />South Korea's presidential office has confirmed that she will be meeting with President Moon on Saturday.<br />We are yet to find out where they will meet, but if the meeting goes well... some experts say the visit could lay the foundations for a possible inter-Korean summit between President Moon and Kim Jong-un.<br />But we should stress that the summit talk is all speculation for the moment.<br /> However, given her family ties to the young dictator... experts believe Kim Yo-jong's remarks could be taken to directly represent Kim Jong-un’s current position on inter-Korean relations.<br />Her visit alone could be a message from the North of its desire to mend ties with South Korea.<br />The bilateral meeting would symbolize a recovery of inter-Korean ties as Kim Jong-un said in his New Year's address that he badly wants to improve relations with South Korea.<br /> If the two Koreas decide to hold a bilateral summit after the Winter Olympics... it would mark the third of its kind and first under the Kim Jong-un regime. <br />The first was held between President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on June 15th, 2000 and the second was held between President Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong-il on October 4th, 2007.<br />Back to you Mark. <br />
