Girl power

She leads North Korea’s answer to the Spice Girls, was rumoured to have been Kim Jong-un’s girlfriend and was reportedly executed by firing squad. Having been the subject of such fevered speculation for years, Hyon Song-wol was greeted by a barrage of camera flashes as she arrived in Seoul yesterday. The head of the Moranbong Band, the hugely popular North Korean girl group hand-picked by Mr Kim, crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea to check preparations for an art troupe she also leads during next month’s Winter Olympics.