Heading south. (Reuters/Jung Yeon-je/Pool)
Qaurtz: North Korea is sending the suspected mastermind of deadly attacks on the South to the Olympics
Having already dispatched leader Kim Jong-un’s sister to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, North Korea is sending another big gun to mark the closing of the games.
South Korean officials said today (Feb. 22) that 72-year-old general Kim Yong-chol, a vice chairman of the central committee of North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea, will lead an eight-member delegation to Pyeongchang for a three-day visit on Sunday (Feb. 25).
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WNU Editor: This is a message to South Korea. For the South Korean families who have lost loved ones because of this man .... a bitter moment.
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