SEUL, Jan 25 will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the South Korean Parliament announced.Park Pyong-suk will visit Beijing on February 3-6 at the invitation of Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. parliaments of the two countries, which this year celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations,» the National Assembly said in a statement. Pak Byung-suk will also attend a dinner hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The speaker's visit will take place separately from the official delegation of the South Korean government to the Olympics, but it is reported that he will «support» the athletes by attending the opening of the games. South Korea will send 63 athletes to Beijing and 61 officials. The governmental part of the delegation will be headed by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee, and the athletes will be represented by the President of the South Korean Skating Union Yun Hong Geun.
