Washington sources have reported that Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, will lead the US delegation to attend the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea on Sunday. Meanwhile the White House said Ivanka also Trump's advisor, with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at his office in Seoul during her weekend trip to South Korea, said senior White House officials at a background briefing in the day.
According to sources Ivanka did not plan to meet officials from North Korea, said the officials on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity. Meanwhile North Korea sent its athletes and cheerleaders as well as a high ranking delegation to PyeongChang, showing its willingness to improve inter-Korean relations and ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Further Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North
Korean top leader Kim Jong Un, also delivered a letter of Kim Jong Un to South
Korean President Moon Jae-in, inviting him to visit Pyongyang at a convenient
time. Accordingly the invitation was made between Moon and North Korean Olympic
delegation, including the younger Kim who serves as the first vice director of
the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
