Posted on 02/09/2018 11:33:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
North Korea and the United States just made history during the 2018 Winter Olympics — and it was awkward.
At the Olympics opening ceremonies in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Friday, Vice President Mike Pence sat mere feet away from Kim Yo Jong, the sister and trusted adviser of none other than North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
That’s remarkable for a few reasons. First, Kim is the first member of North Korea’s ruling family to enter South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. It was already a huge deal that she would attend, as it possibly signals thawing tensions between the two Koreas.
And second, US and North Korean officials this high up the food chain rarely if ever get this close to one another — let alone in the midst of a tense nuclear standoff of the kind we’ve seen over the past several months.
So to have Pence and Kim sitting just a few feet away from each other — at one of the world’s most high-profile events, no less — is noteworthy. That said, there’s currently no indication that Pence and Kim exchanged any pleasantries on the balcony.
Check out the photo below: That’s Kim Yo Jong on the far left, and Pence is just one row in front of her and four seats to the right. Also in the photo are South Korean President Moon Jae-in (bottom left in the white coat) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (bottom right, next to Pence) — both close US allies whose countries are in the direct crosshairs of North Korea.
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Good point on VP & Mrs. Pence being seated in the front row.
Thank you for answering the question that occurred to me but didn’t ask:
“The old man sitting next to Kim Yo-jong (Kim Jong-il’s sister) was not identified.”
“He is Kim Yong-nam, the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea, the “nominal head of state” of North Korea.”
And now there’s a Yahoo article saying that Pence didn’t stand during the unified Korea entrance during the opening ceremony. But the article fails to mention that no one around Pence stood during USA’s entrance. And none of the other representatives sitting in the same box stood for the Korean entrance either ... except for North and South Korea.
The left’s hypocrisy is disgusting.
This is the correct version of this photo. CNN showed a photo from some angle, or perhaps photoshopped it, that made it appear that VP Pence was practically sitting in her lap. They lie about EVERYTHING.
She’s really Pasty Super White ,is she a Vampire
“..and it was awkward. “ I doubt it was awkward for VP Pence. He is the kind of guy who would relish the moment.
The enemies domestic don't think pence should have gone to the Olympics? Did Pence bow to Jong Un??
Completely irrelevant and useless thread...
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What isn’t mentioned is there is someone out in the general audience that the sister and Pence have never met........
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