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Winter Olympics 2018: Pence skips dinner with N Koreans US Vice-President Mike Pence has skipped a dinner at which he was due to share a table with North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam. Mr Pence briefly encountered Mr Kim but they tried to avoid directly facing each other, Yonhap news agency reports. Later South Korean President Moon Jae-in shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. The Games are taking place amid tension over North Korea's nuclear programme. Mr Yong-nam did briefly meet with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the dinner. According to a UN spokesperson, Mr Guterres reiterated a hope for "peaceful denuclearisation" on the peninsula. What happened at the dinner? Mr Pence and Kim Yong-nam were being hosted by President Moon before the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang. But the US vice-president left the reception venue after five minutes, South Korea's Yonhap said. While Mr Moon and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe both shook hands with Mr Kim, Mr Pence did not, South Korean officials said. At the event Mr Moon said he hoped the Winter Olympics would be remembered as the "day peace began". He is due to meet the North Korean delegation for talks on Saturday according to Yonhap. At the opening ceremony, Mr Pence, Kim Yo-jong and Kim Yong-nam were seated in close proximity to each other. Mr Pence has brought to South Korea as a guest Fred Warmbier, the father of a young American who died after being released from prison in North Korea. Who is Kim Yo-jong? The highest profile member of the North Korean delegation to the Games, she is the first immediate member of the North's ruling family to visit the South since the 1950-1953 Korean war. Ms Kim, who is said to be very close to her brother, was promoted to the North's powerful politburo last year. She is on a US sanctions list over alleged links to human rights abuses in North Korea. Ms Kim is thought to be about 30 years old, around four years younger than her brother. Her visit is being seen as a sign that Kim Jong-un is serious about improving ties with the South, the BBC's South Korea correspondent Laura Bicker reports. She adds that some are also speculating that Ms Kim might be bringing a message from her brother. How will the Koreas compete at the Games? Athletes from both North and South Korea marched under one flag at the opening ceremony, bringing spectators to their feet. They are also fielding a joint women's ice hockey team. Alongside 22 athletes, Pyongyang has sent more than 400 delegates to the Games, including a team of cheerleaders and an orchestra. However the opening ceremony was not shown on North Korean state TV, which was broadcasting patriotic songs and slogans celebrating industry and the armed forces. Have relations warmed? Experts have cautioned that the current burst of sports diplomacy does not put an end to underlying regional tensions. On Thursday North Korea had held a military parade that was originally scheduled for April but was brought forward. Nevertheless, 2018 has got the countries off on an improved footing. Kim Jong-un surprised many in his televised new-year speech, when - amid threats against the US - he expressed support for the Winter Olympics and a wish to "melt the frozen North-South relations". The South had already said the North would be welcome to send a delegation, but few believed it would happen. Later in January, a communications hotline was reinstated between the two countries, whose authorities then met for the first high-level talks in two years. The Korean peninsula has been divided since the 1950-53 war and the two sides have never signed a peace treaty.
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उद्घाटनमा उत्तरबाट 'किम जङ-अनकी बहिनी सहभागी हुने' सोलस्थित मन्त्रीहरूका अनुसार दक्षिण कोरियामा आउँदो शुक्रवारबाट आरम्भ हुने शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्स खेलको उद्घाटन समारोहमा उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किम जङ-अनकी प्रभावशाली बहिनी सहभागी हुने छिन्। वर्कर्स् पार्टीकी वरिष्ठ अधिकारी समेत रहेकी किम यो-जङ वर्तमान किम परिवारबाट सीमापारि जाने पहिलो सदस्य हुनेछिन्। दुवै कोरियाले उद्घाटन समारोहमा संयुक्त झण्डामुनि सँगसँगै मार्च गर्नेछन्। उत्तर कोरियाः बम र कूटनीतिको खेल इतिहास बहिनीलाई शक्तिशाली बनाउँदै किम जङ-अन शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्स खेलमा उत्तर कोरियाको सहभागितालाई दुई देशको सम्बन्ध सुधार तर्फको कदमका रूपमा हेरिएको छ। तर संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका र जापानसहित अन्य देशहरूले उत्तर कोरियाले 'शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्स'लाई प्रोपागाण्डाका रूपमा प्रयोग गरेको आरोप लगाउँदै आएका छन्। 'भूमिका' सन् १९८७ मा जन्मेकी भनिएकी उनी दिवंगत नेता किम जङ-इलकी कान्छी छोरी र किम जङ-उनकी सहोदर बहिनी हुन्। शक्तिशाली मानिएका पार्टी सचिव चोय रियोङ-हायका छोरासँग उनको बिहे भएको बताइएको छ। हालैका वर्षहरूमा उनी छिटपुट रूपमा संचारमाध्यममा छाइरहेकी छिन्। उनको मुख्य भूमिका भनेको पार्टीको प्रोपोगान्डा विभाग सम्हालेर आफ्ना दाजुको छविको रक्षा गर्ने हो। 'शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्समा खेलाडी पठाउँछौँ' उत्तर कोरियामा भएका भनिएका मानव अधिकार उल्लंघनका घटनाहरुको सम्बन्धमा अमेरिकाले उनलाई कालो सूचीमा राखिरहेको छ। उनलाई ओलिम्पिक्स्मा पठाएर किम जङ-अनले दक्षिण कोरियासँग सम्बन्ध सुधारमा गम्भीर रहेको संकेत दिएको ठानिएको छ। चुनौती तर अझ पनि उनको दक्षिण कोरिया भ्रमणलाई लिएर थुप्रै चुनौती छन्। हुन त संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको सुरक्षा परिषद्को यात्रा प्रतिबन्धको सूचीमा उनको नाम छैन। तर मानव अधिकारको विषयलाई लिएर उनीविरुद्ध अमेरिकाको प्रतिबन्ध छ। साथै उनी खेलकुदस्थलमा कसरी पुग्नेछिन् भन्नेबारे पनि प्रश्नहरू रहेका छन्। उत्तर कोरियाली खेलाडीहरूलाई सहभागी हुन दिन समेत सोलले अमेरिका तथा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय समुदायका अन्य सदस्यहरुसँग विशेष अनुमति लिनु परेको थियो। अब किम जङ-अनकै परिवारका सदस्यको यात्राको लागि सोलले फेरि अनुमति लिनुपर्ने हुनसक्छ।