PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Forget an Olympic truce. The rhetoric war between North Korea and the Trump administration hasn't skipped a beat in Pyeongchang.
In its first reports about the games, North Korea's state-run media slammed U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday for what it called "shameful" and "snobbish" behavior not in line with the spirit of the Olympics. Pence fired off a tweet calling the North's participation in the games a "propaganda charade" and saying the world must not "turn a blind eye to the oppression and threats of the Kim regime."
Pence and the North Koreans have been an awkward presence at the games to say the least.