North Korea will send a large contingent of cheerleaders to next month’s Winter Olympics, South Korea has announced, as the two sides prepare to present their plan for a “peace games” to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the weekend.
South Korea’s unification ministry said on Wednesday that the North had offered to send 230 members of its all-female cheerleading squad to the Games in Pyeongchang.
In their third meeting in 10 days at the border village in Panmunjom, officials from both countries also discussed the possibility of forming a joint women’s ice hockey team and having athletes from both countries march together during the opening ceremony on 9 February.
The unification ministry said the two countries had also exchanged opinions on the size of the North Korean team, joint cultural events and the possible use of the Masikryong ski resort in North Korea.
Pyongyang and Seoul must work out how the North Korean delegation – which could comprise up to 500 athletes, cheerleaders, musicians, officials and journalists – will cross the border into South Korea, and who will pay for their accommodation and other costs.
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