Anti-North Korea protesters burn flags before opening ceremony

Anti-North Korea protesters burn flags before opening ceremony

by Joseph Anthony
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Protesters burnt North Korean flags and pictures of the reclusive state’s leader, Kim Jong Un, as around 800 people gathered for a march towards the stadium where the Olympic torch will be lit

Hundreds of anti-North Korea protesters scuffled with riot police outside the Winter Olympics stadium in South Korea on Friday, hours before two of the Northโ€™s most senior officials were due to attend the Gamesโ€™ opening ceremony.

Protesters burnt North Korean flags and pictures of the reclusive stateโ€™s leader, Kim Jong Un, as around 800 people gathered for a march towards the stadium where the Olympic torch will be lit in what Seoul wants to become a symbol of peace.

North and South Korea are still technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, and the North faces ever-tightening international sanctions after it conducted a fresh nuclear test last year and a series of missile tests.

Protesters scuffled briefly with police and criticised South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is using the Olympics to re-engage with the North and pave the way for talks over the reclusive stateโ€™s nuclear and missile programme.

They carried banners reading โ€œMoon Regime is leading Korea to destructionโ€ and one that made an appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump: โ€œMr President. North Korea bombing, please.โ€

The North Korean leaderโ€™s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, will be in the audience on Friday night, the first member of the countryโ€™s ruling family to visit the South. She and the Northโ€™s ceremonial head of state will be on hand to watch teams from North and South march behind a unified flag.

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