North Korea suggested to ‘co-host’ 2018 Winter Olympic ski events
Earlier this week, according to reports from the Guardian and the Washington Post, Do Jong-hwan — South Korea’s minister of sport — announced he will seek help in hosting some of the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics skiing events from North Korea.
According to the reports, despite longstanding hostile relations between the neighboring countries, Jong-hwan believes co-hosting the Olympics can help foster peace in the Korean Peninsula. He also stated he believed that North Korea’s Masikryong Ski Resort has the potential to be a fantastic Olympic venue.
The Post reports that Jong-hwan will discuss his proposal with Jang Woong, North Korea’s delegate to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and IOC President Thomas Bach some time this month.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to thaw lingering tensions as we try to bring North Korea on board,” the Guardian reported Jong-hwan as telling the Korea Herald.
Jong-hwan is also supposedly mulling over the idea of forming a singular inter-Korean women’s ice hockey team for the 2018 Games. The Post quoted Jong-hwan as saying he hopes that North Korea will accept the olive branch and, in turn, make the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics a “peace Olympics.”
Per the Guardian, no North Korean athletes have qualified for the 2018 Games yet.
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