It cost US$260 per meal to feed North Korean special guests, including Kim Jong-un’s sister during Olympics visit
The menus for the delegates included pollack, kimchi and soju and marinated beef
The South Korean government spent more than US$260 per meal per person for the high-level North Korean delegates including leader Kim Jong-un’s sister who visited the Winter Olympics, reports said.
The nuclear-armed North sent four top officials including Kim Yo-jong and the ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam, along with 18 support staff, to the Pyeongchang Winter Games as it mounted a charm offensive.
The February 9-11 trip cost the Seoul government a total of 240 million won (US$220,000), Yonhap news agency cited a unification ministry as saying.
That included 130 million won for accommodation including rooms at luxury hotels in Seoul and Gangneung, 50 million won for transport and another 50 million won for food, it said.
On the basis that the delegates ate eight meals during their two and a half day stay, the food cost averages 284,000 won per meal per head, or US$261.
