US Vice Prez skips Olympics dinner with N Korean state head
US Vice President Mike Pence skipped a dinner before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, at which he was expected to share a table with North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam. Pence exchanged greetings with other people attending the dinner, including South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japan's PM Shinzo Abe but avoided contact with Yong-nam.