PYEONGCHANG—North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month’s Winter Olympics in the South. Kim Yong Nam, the head of the North’s parliament, will be the highest-level North Korean official to visit South Korea since the North sent then-No. 2 Hwang Pyong So at the close of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. On Sunday night, the North sent a message via a cross-border communication channel saying its high-level delegation will visit South Korea from Feb. 9-11, the South’s Unification Ministry said in a statement. It said the North’s delegation includes Kim and three other officials but gave no further details such as its itinerary.

Source: thestar February 04, 2018 20:48 UTC