North Korea Moranbong girl band leader heads Olympic inspection team

A North Korean delegation has arrived in South Korea for a landmark go to to investigate cultural venues for subsequent month's Winter Olympics.
It is headed by means of Hyon Song-wol, leader of the famous Moranbong female band and a large celebrity inside the secretive state.
North Korea agreed to send a delegation to the video games after the first excessive-stage bilateral talks in two years.
The choice is visible as a diplomatic leap forward after months of hysteria over its nuclear guns programme.
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Local media confirmed the North Korean delegation crossing the closely-fortified border on a bus before arriving in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
A instruct wearing the North Korean delegation arrives at Grand Unification Bridge, near the DMZ, in Paju, South Korea on 21 January 2018Image copyrightREUTERS
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The delegation arrived at the Grand Unification Bridge, from wherein they crossed into the South
Hyon Song-wol is greeted by using a South Korean professional as she arrives at the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine), just south of the demilitarised zone keeping apart the 2 Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on 21 January 2018Image copyrightREUTERS
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The games are visible as a way of easing tension between the North and South
Surrounded by way of hundreds of cops, they then boarded a teach to the eastern town of Gangneung.
But it become on Hyon Song-wol that South Korea's cameras have been focused.
She and her 10-member Moranbong band are the glamorous face of North Korea - and were defined as Pyongyang's solution to the Spice Girls.
Often seen sporting miniskirts and excessive heels, they perform a combination of Western-style pop and patriotic songs - in a fashion visible as quaintly provincial by South Koreans, AFP information corporation reports.
Ms Hyon become once rumoured to have been a former girlfriend of the leader Kim Jong-un, although this has been brushed off by North Korea watchers.
She will lead the one hundred forty-member Samjiyon artwork troupe, that's due to supply  performances - one in Seoul and any other in Gangneung - in the course of the Olympics.
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The delegation's two-day visit is predicted to be the primary of several to prepare for Pyongyang's participation within the games.
It is the first visit via Pyongyang officers to the South for four years, reviews say.
The delegation includes athletes, officials and cheerleaders.
Another group will visit the South this week to test logistics for North Korean athletes, while Seoul will ship its very own officers to the North's ski resort to inspect the venue.