Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong towers over South Korea’s president as they shake hands at historic Winter Olympics meeting
KIM Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong towered over South Korea's president as they met at the Winter Olympics this morning.
Dubbed the “North Korean Ivanka", Kim smiled as she leaned down from above to shake the hand of premier Moon Jae-in before the opening ceremony.
The historic meeting is the first meeting between the pair at the Games - which comes amid a brief thaw in relations between the countries.
Jong's arrival marks the first time a member of the Kim dynasty has set foot in the country since the bloody Korean War ended in 1953.
US Vice President Mike Pence sat barely a few yards away from her.
She earlier looked confident and relaxed as her reception was broadcast live on South Korean television.
She had a brief meeting with officials, including Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, before being whisked away in a black limousine and catching the high-speed train to Pyeongchang.
Yo-jong, who is believed to be about 30, has been rising rapidly within the North's power structure and is believed to be in charge of shaping her brother's public persona.
But she has generally remained safely cloaked in her brother's shadow.
This is her first high-profile international appearance at centre stage, though she is technically just a member of a delegation headed by the North's aging senior statesman, 90-year-old Kim Yong-nam.
For security reasons, few details of Kim's three-day itinerary have been made public.
After arriving on Kim Jong-un's personal jet at the South's Incheon International Airport, she travelled to Pyeongchang to attend the games' opening ceremony.
The rogue state is sending 22 athletes to games, which is being held in Pyeongchang, who will compete in three sports.
Agreement was reached following a meeting between delegations from the two Koreas and Olympic officials in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Athletes from the North and South will march together under one flag at the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, which begin February 9. It will be an emotional moment.
And for the first time in Olympic history the two nations will enter a joint women's ice hockey team under the name Korea represented by the unification flag.
The team will be selected by the head coach from South Korea and must include three North Korean players for each game.
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