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1st LD: Top DPRK leader's sister to come to S.Korea for Winter Olympics

Xinhua,February 07, 2018 Adjust font size:

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Kim Yo Jong, the sister of top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un, will come to South Korea later this week to attend the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics, Seoul's unification ministry said Wednesday.

The DPRK notified South Korea earlier in the day of the list of its high-ranking delegation, which will be led by Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Kim Yo Jong, the first vice director of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, was included in the delegation scheduled to make a three-day visit to South Korea for the 23rd Winter Olympics.

Also included in the DPRK delegation were Choe Hwi, chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, and Ri Son Gwon, chief of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. Enditem

 

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