South Korea offers Olympic talks with North

South Korea has proposed high-level talks with rival North Korea to find ways to cooperate on February’s Winter Olympics in the South

Panmunjom: Proposed meeting of two Koreas at border village on Jan 9. Would be first formal dialogue since Dec 2015


Figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik (right) are only two North Korean athletes who
qualified for PyeongChang Games

North has missed official deadline to confirm participation, but skaters could still compete via invitation from International Olympic Committee

North Korea has participated in Olympics before, but not in South Korea – it boycotted 1988 Seoul Games. North Korean athletes have won 56 medals in total, but only two from Winter Games


CHINA
N. KOREA
S. KOREA

40km 25 miles

P’yongyang
NORTH KOREA
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Yellow Sea (West Sea)
SOUTH KOREA
Seoul
PyeongChang Olympic venues
Sea of Japan (East Sea)


Sources: AP, BBC 
Picture: Associated Press 
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