President Moon Jae-in will meet on Saturday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister, who will visit the South for the first time among the members of the North’s ruling family. 

Presidential Spokesman Kim Eui-kyum said in a media briefing on Thursday that Moon will host luncheon for Kim Yo-jong and other members of the North Korean high-level delegation for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. 

The delegation will fly directly to the South from Pyongyang on a private plane and land at the Incheon International Airport on Friday for a three-day mission in the South, including the attendance in the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Games later in the day. 

The 22-member delegation. to be led by the North's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam, also includes Kim, who is serving as deputy director of the propaganda department of the Workers' Party, as well as Choe Hwi, chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, and Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.

It is speculated Kim Yo-jong will deliver to Moon a letter from her brother during the luncheon meeting.