korean military abilities according to north korea as they have in the past. there is an attempt to keep this low key. they are the same scale and scope as previous years. this is part of the thawing of the relations on the korean peninsula. the north korean leader kim jong un was seen waving and applauding at the k-pop concert. we have not seen the likes of this since 2005. it is interesting as well considering kim jong un was meeting the k-pop stars and his regime punishes its people as they are caught smuggling. we love k-pop. particularly red velvet. paula, thank you. the space lab from china
before the proposed meeting between kim jong un and trump because it would be awkward if they were talking while war games were ongoing. another development today. a sense they will send a host of pop stars, k-pop stars, to the north. things have changed in the atmosphere here on the korean peninsula. that is interesting, dave. 23 russian diplomats expelled by the uk set to depart london. this comes one day after the experts traveled to britain and test the samples to poison the double agent and his daughter. we have melissa bell in england with more. reporter: christine, the investigation is under way and not far from here which is the facility on the outskirts of salisbury. they have held the samples for two weeks.
welcome back. time now for sports. starting with the closing ceremony of the 2018 winter olympics, host country south korea used the world stage to promote an optimistic and peaceful future. it included k-pop stars dancing among the 900 cast and crew along with a show forming the mascot of pyeongchang games. but even though the ceremony preached peace and unity, north and south korean athletes wore different uniforms while matching into the stadium together, a departure from the country s opening ceremony. and with the flame extinguished, norway came away with the model most medals with 39, tied with germany in 14 gold medals. for a story of resilience here,