As North Korea wins trip to Olympics, discord remains over nukes
North Korea ’s participation in the Winter Olympic Games starting on February 9 brings potential benefits to the troubled Korean peninsula, which has been divided for more than 70 years
North Korea ’s chief negotiator Ri Son Gwon struck a jovial tone as he sat down on Tuesday morning for his country’s first formal talks with South Korea in more than two years.
He joked about how the subzero temperatures reflected frosty ties and asked for the proceedings to be broadcast live – a request that South Korea turned down. After a few hours, South Korea announced that North Korea would join the Olympics next month in Pyeongchang, a ski town not far from their shared border.
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