North Korean Leader’s Sister to Visit South Korea for Winter Olympics

Kim Jong-un’s sister will visit South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on Friday, Seoul’s Unification Ministry has said.

Pyongyang notified Seoul that Kim Yo-jong would be accompanying Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s nominal head of state, along with two other senior officials, the ministry said.

The two other officials are Choe Hwi, the chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, and Ri Son-gwon, the head of the North’s agency in charge of inter-Korean affairs, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency

The delegation will visit the South for three days starting Friday.