A U.S. news Web site says U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will point out the reality of the oppression in North Korea every chance he gets when he visits South Korea for the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games which will open on Friday. 

Axios quoted an aide to Pence as saying on Monday that Pence “will remind the world that everything the North Koreans do at the Olympics is a charade to cover up the fact that they are the most tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet.”

The aide added that the U.S. “will not allow North Korea's propaganda to hijack the messaging of the Olympics."

The source also said that Washington’s maximum pressure strategy targeting the Kim Jong-un regime is seeing an unprecedented level of international cooperation and Pence “will make clear that this maximum pressure campaign will only intensify."

Another source said that the North wants to make the Olympics about “cute photo ops” adding that Pence “is countering North Korea’s desire to control the message.”