Is Kim Jong-un attending the Winter Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony in Pyeonchang TODAY?
North Korean leader has sent his sister Kim Jo Yong to be his representative in Pyeongchang for the Games
TENSIONS between North and South Korea have been escalating over the past year - but appearto have cooled in time for the Winter Olympics.
Kim Jong-un's missile tests and war of words with the United States has put the South on high alert, with the countries still technically at war since their 1953 armistice.
But despite the tensions, the North have sent a team to compete in Pyeongchang - with a united Korean ice-hockey team leading the way for peace.
Is Kim Jong-un attending the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony?
NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong-un will NOT be at the ceremony in Pyeongchang.
But in a rare move, he has sent his sister Kim Jo Yong in his place - who becomes the first member of the Kim family to travel to the South in over six decades.