Pence pushes for harder line as Kim's sister gets lunch invite

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is pushing South Korea to adopt a more hawkish stance toward North Korea, as he arrived in the country Thursday ahead of the Winter Olympics. Pence met with President Moon Jae-in to advocate a clear-eyed approach toward his bellicose, nuclear-armed neighbor, warning against North Korean "propaganda" around the games.

Female ice hockey players from both Koreas will compete as one team in the Olympics, which open Friday and will be attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister and other senior officials. Moon has looked to the games as an opportunity to pursue a diplomatic opening with the North -- a move Pence cautioned against.

As CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports, the South Korean government said Thursday that that Moon would host North Korean delegates -- including Kim Yo Jong, a senior member of the Kim regime -- at a luncheon over the weekend.


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