Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, will travel to South Korea. This marks the first time someone from the Kim Jong-un family has traveled to South Korea. (Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
No members of the North Korean ruling family have ever set foot in South Korea.
So why now?Simple: It’s the 2018 Winter Olympics, set in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean leader’s younger sister, is an important part of the secretive regime, much like Ivanka Trump is an important part of the United States “presidential team” — and Yo-jong functions as both advisor and propagandist.
Married to the son of North Korea’s Workers’ Party secretary, she apparently has quite a bit of influence on Kim Jong-un, and spends a lot of her time helping to protect her brother’s image via the propaganda department.
Her appearance…
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