Kim Jong-un’s Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence’s Spotlight<br />While Mr. Pence came with an old message — that the United States would continue to ratchet up "maximum sanctions" until the North dismantled its nuclear arsenal — Ms. Kim delivered<br />messages of reconciliation as well as an unexpected invitation from her brother to the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, to visit Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.<br />"It’s very unfortunate that the Pyeongchang Olympics are becoming the Pyongyang Olympics when South<br />and North Korea are still at odds with each other over ideologies," added Mr. Yang, who carried a foam head depicting a bloodied face of the North Korean leader.<br />Moon could not miss the chance to "lower the temperature in the room" by engaging with Ms. Kim during her visit for the Olympics, her<br />public relations blitz could subject the South Korean president to criticism that "he fell for a charm offensive," Mr. Kang said.<br />s like someone we can become closer to on a personal level and on a human-to-human level." Others said they were horrified by the notion<br />that Ms. Kim could lull South Koreans, or anyone else, into forgetting the repression and human rights abuses of her brother’s regime. that seem<br />that And it wouldn’t have lessened the American position.<br />11, 2018<br />PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send a large delegation<br />to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.<br />I think North Koreans and South Koreans were all together as one family,<br />and we come from the same root." Amy Qin and Su-hyun Lee contributed reporting from Seoul, South Korea.
