The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea has created an opportunity for the media to show a softer side of the brutal North Korean regime. The media fawned over Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, as she was spotted sitting near Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen.
In addition, the Kim sister serves as the director of the propaganda and agitation department in North Korea, she, along with her brother’s regime, has directly taken part in the deaths, suffering, and oppression of over 25 million North Koreans. Here are all the media headlines that gave soft and fluffy coverage to North Korea over the first weekend of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Siraj Hashmi is a commentary video editor and writer for the Washington Examiner.
