Kim Jong-un, center, the leader of North Korea, with the delegation who attended the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, including his sister, Kim Yo-jong. Credit Kcna/European Pressphoto Agency It’s not often that I’m offended on Ivanka Trump’s behalf, but I now find myself in that exceedingly strange position. And I clearly have some explaining to do. Last week the Winter Olympics got underway in South Korea. The country’s archenemy, North Korea, sent a delegation of athletes, cheerleaders and so-called dignitaries. Introducing Imx Rapidshare Files. This was a big development, given that North Korea is a rogue state run by a homicidal fanatic, Kim Jong-un, who gleefully threatens to nuke other countries, with the United States at the top of his list. So a buffet of news stories and a smorgasbord of tweets were obviously warranted.
But I saw far too little coverage that gasped at of the North Koreans’ attempts to pawn themselves off as the good-natured emissaries of a normal place. I saw too much that marveled, almost appreciatively, at their wiles.
I saw rapt descriptions of the outfits and expressions worn by Kim’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, the first member of her family to visit South Korea since the Korean War. Ik Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Rapidshare Library. I saw the phrase “charm offensive.”. Where does Ivanka come in? The response to North Korea’s overtures at the Olympics was epitomized by what quickly became a popular characterization of Kim Yo-jong. South Korean journalists called her “North Korea’s Ivanka.” Straight-faced American journalists repeated it. Both young women attempt to put a pretty, pert face on a clan — and a government — of transcendent ugliness.
