North Korea will send its ceremonial head of state to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea this week, bolstering hopes in Seoul of a diplomatic breakthrough on the peninsula.
Kim Yong Nam — nominally the North’s number 2 leader after Kim Jong Un — will lead a “high-level delegation” to the Pyeongchang Games, North Korean state media reported on Monday.
The move comes amid a period of detente between Pyongyang and Seoul, which hopes the North’s participation in the games can lay a foundation for eased tensions and diplomatic engagement on the peninsula.
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