'North Korea won't meet US officials during Olympics'

North Korea has no intention of meeting US officials during the Winter Olympics, state media said, dampening hopes the Games will help resolve a standoff over the North's nuclear weapons programme

Cheerleaders leave after a welcoming ceremony for North Korea’s Olympic team in Gangneung on Thursday. Pic/AFP

North Korea has no intention of meeting US officials during the Winter Olympics, state media said, dampening hopes the Games will help resolve a standoff over the North's nuclear weapons programme. However, the North's high-ranking delegation, including the younger sister of its leader Kim Jong Un, will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Such a meeting would be the first such event between a South Korean head of state and a member of the Kim family since a 2007 meeting of Kim Jong Il and late S Korean president Roh Moo-hyun. Agencies

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Kim Jong Il and late South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun met at a summit

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