North Korea has proposed talks next week to discuss its plan to send a performing art troupe to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Seoul's unification ministry said yesterday.
Torch bearers at the Olympic Torch Relay in Seoul. Pic/AFP
North Korea has proposed talks next week to discuss its plan to send a performing art troupe to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Seoul’s unification ministry said yesterday. The North confirmed it would attend next month’s Olympics in the South at a rare inter-Korean meeting last week, following months of tensions over its nuclear weapons programme.
"It appears that the North wants to discuss various practical matters related to an art troupe’s visit as a priority," the ministry said in a statement. Hyon Song-Wol, leader of the popular Moranbong band, is one of four North Korean delegates set to attend the talks in the truce village of Panmunjom on Monday.
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