looked at very seriously. jason: what is the significance of kim jong-un s sister. what is her role and the significance of her presence in south korea? well, she and the president of north korea, nominally the highest official in the government, constitute a pretty high-level delegation and the fact that she is related to kim jong-un, i think is intended to show the seriousness of north korea s effort to accommodate the south. this is all blue smoke and mirrors. and i think it is something that the north koreans have done before in prior olympics. not in south korea itself. but while all this is going on, their nuclear program, their ballistic missile program are continuing. it is a misdirection play to get people to focus on how nice it is that the north and south korean s women hockey team are playing as one team.
looked at very seriously. jason: what is the significance of kim jong-un s sister. what is her role and the significance of her presence in south korea? well, she and the president of north korea, nominally the highest official in the government, constitute a pretty high-level delegation and the fact that she is related to kim jong-un, i think is intended to show the seriousness of north korea s effort to accommodate the south. this is all blue smoke and mirrors. and i think it is something that the north koreans have done before in prior olympics. not in south korea itself. but while all this is going on, their nuclear program, their ballistic missile program are continuing. it is a misdirection play to get people to focus on how nice it is that the north and south korean s women hockey team are playing as one team.
her because she is a kim family number, she has some latitude that other prior envoys from the north don t. others are not so sure that branding at the pyongyang olympics is a good thing. we do not accept this winter olympic contaminated by the participation of north koreans. for many attending the opening night, though, north and south korean athletes marching together and helping to light the elliptic torch gave at least a long shot hope for peace. i think it shows potential for the spirit of the olympics to survive. that s what it s all about. bringing people together in the peaceful environment to celebrate support and something we all love to do. one official traveling with the vice president offered this analysis of mr. pence s perceived cold shoulder to north koreans. both sides chose not to engage with each other. this could sure whether that is
reporter: yeah, it is a substantial delegation here, approaching 500 people. it s going to grow even bigger when the leaders of the delegation arrive shortly. and that is to include the sister of the north korean leader, kim jong-un. her name is king yo-jong. a member of the politburo. she would be the first-ever member of the kim dynasty to come to south korea. so if she does in fact come, that s going to be a big deal for north and south korean relations. meanwhile, you had vice president pence, the japanese prime minister shinzo abe, giving a joint speech, and their mention was essentially do not be fooled by the north korean kind of public relations offensive around the olympics. listen to an excerpt of what vice president pence had to say. this week as the world knows, north korea is sending a delegation to participate in the
it s a long list. reporter: offering this extraordinary disclosure. we have officers all around the world working diligently to make sure we do everything we can to support the u.s. pressure campaign and to tighten the sanctions. reporter: north and south korean hockey players are already training together but many say don t let sports disguise reality. a lot of caution is in order. north korea is a mafia state, a criminal syndicate and uses embassies for conducting influence operations. reporter: north korea promises another massive military practice raid showing off its latest missiles. news coverage will be restricted by the regime as it tries to keep secret what it s weapons really may include. that parade is going to put the u.s. intelligence community into overdrive. looking at every image of every missile, every weapon to see what it can learn about what kim jong-un may really be up to.