“They must think nothing of the South Korean president to wear Kim Il Sung masks.” Opposition parties in South Korea have been denouncing the Moon Jae-in administration for allowing North Korea to participate in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, deriding the event as the “Pyongyang Olympics” and calling it a propaganda opportunity for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the grandson of Kim Il Sung. Representative Ha said the South Korean government should demand an apology from Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Kim Jong-un who is attending the Olympics on behalf of her brother. Kim Yo-jong is a member of the North’s high-level delegation to the Winter Games. She serves as first vice director of the Central Committee within the ruling Workers’ Party and is the first member of North Korea’s ruling family to visit South Korea. Members of Moon’s Democratic Party and North Korea analysts dismissed the opposition lawmakers’ interpretation of the cheerleaders’ masks. “Respect for the regime and leadership is very much emphasized in North Korea,” Yang Moo-jin, a professor of the University of North Korean Studies, told Yonhap News Agency. “I do not think the country would ever think of making masks from the face of its founder and using them for the cheering squad.” “Do not be fooled, this is fake news,” Kim Bin, a spokesman for the Democratic Party wrote on his Twitter account Sunday. “The news spread so quickly even though it was published in the middle of the night through Twitter by Rep. Ha and others. Those involved in spreading the fake news must apologize officially.”