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Related: About this forumKim Jong-un's Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence's Spotlight
Source: New York Times
Kim Jong-uns Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pences Spotlight
By MOTOKO RICH and CHOE SANG-HUN FEB. 11, 2018
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.
If that was indeed his intention, he could not have chosen a better emissary than the one he sent: his only sister, Kim Yo-jong, whom news outlets in the South instantly called North Koreas Ivanka, likening her influence to that of Ivanka Trump on her father, President Trump.
Much as Ms. Trump has been when traveling with her father, Ms. Kim was closely followed by the news media during her three-day visit to Seoul and to Pyeongchang, which is hosting the Olympics. She flew back to North Korea on Sunday night.
Flashing a sphinx-like smile and without ever speaking in public, Ms. Kim managed to outflank Mr. Trumps envoy to the Olympics, Vice President Mike Pence, in the game of diplomatic image-making.
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By MOTOKO RICH and CHOE SANG-HUN FEB. 11, 2018
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.
If that was indeed his intention, he could not have chosen a better emissary than the one he sent: his only sister, Kim Yo-jong, whom news outlets in the South instantly called North Koreas Ivanka, likening her influence to that of Ivanka Trump on her father, President Trump.
Much as Ms. Trump has been when traveling with her father, Ms. Kim was closely followed by the news media during her three-day visit to Seoul and to Pyeongchang, which is hosting the Olympics. She flew back to North Korea on Sunday night.
Flashing a sphinx-like smile and without ever speaking in public, Ms. Kim managed to outflank Mr. Trumps envoy to the Olympics, Vice President Mike Pence, in the game of diplomatic image-making.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/world/asia/kim-yo-jong-mike-pence-olympics.html
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Kim Jong-un's Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence's Spotlight (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2018
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GP6971
(31,213 posts)1. I'm sure she is charming
but it's no big feat to upstage Pence.
global1
(25,271 posts)2. South Korea's Olympic Mascot Upstaged Pence.....nt
flotsam
(3,268 posts)3. US Spokesman Pence Trumped by Smiling Mute...
My pick for headline.
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