Chris Snyder
PYONGYANG, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Official media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Saturday highlighted the attendance of Kim Yo Jong, sister of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un, at the PyeongChang Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
She was reported to be pregnant in spring 2015, and again around the time of the 2018 Winter Olympics. QUICK FACTS Birth Year: 1987 Birth date: September 26, 1987 Best Known For: Kim Yo-jong is the younger sister of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and a high-ranking official ...
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- After arriving in South Korea with a high-level delegation, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly shook hands with the neighboring nation's president during tonight's opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter...
With few athletes prepared and ready when Kim Jong Un announced on New Year’s Day that he wanted to send a delegation, the North instead dispatched more than 140 musicians, a demonstration taekwondo team, a 229-woman strong cheering squad and 21 journalists, though the Olympics have gotten ...
And as Tracy reported earlier this week, the first member of North Korea's ruling family to cross the border, Kim Yo Jong was never guaranteed a warm welcome from all South Koreans. During the Olympics' Opening Ceremony,Vice President Mike Pencesat just feet away from Kim Yo Jong, and th...
Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong and the other North Korean officials stayed at the Walkerhill Hotel, a five-star riverside hotel in eastern Seoul. She and her delegation traveled between Seoul and the Winter Olympics venue on the eastern coast of South Korea and South ...
South Korea's president says he's willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un under certain conditions, after their countries agreed in high-level talks to cooperate in next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea. President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday he's open to meeting with ...
The dinner, which lasted four hours, also featured Ri Sol-ju, Mr Kim's wife who rarely appears at official events, and his sister Kim Yo-jong, who was part of a North Korean delegation to the Pyeongchang Olympics. The South's response to the apparently cordial meeting is likely to remai...
As governor of the South Korean province where the Olympics was hosted, Choi Moon-soon met with Kim Yo Jong. He described her as “very calm and self-possessed,” a woman of “very few words” but who speaks precisely and directly. ...