SEOUL - The South Korea
Olympic Committee (KOC) on Wednesday proposed to hold inter-Korean sports talk
with its counterpart of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) during
the upcoming Winter Asian Games in Changchun, northeast China.
"We sent a letter to Mun Jae-dok, president of DPRK's Olympic Committee,
Tuesday to suggest sports talks in Changchun on January 30," said a press
release of the KOC.
"It was a revised suggestion to the DPRK, which had proposed that the sports
talks, the fourth of their kind, be held at Kaesong on January 22," the
committee said.
Kaesong is DPRK's border city close to South Korea.
According to the KOC, South Korean and the DPRK officials will discuss issues
including forming a single team in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing if the
sports talks take place.
South Korea and the DPRK reached an agreement earlier this month that the two
sides would march jointly at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 6th
Winter Asian Games, which will kick off in Changchun on January 28 and last for
eight days.
South Korea and the DPRK agreed in principle to form a joint team at the 2008
Olympics, but have yet to settle matters such as the selection of athletes, site
of joint training and sharing of costs for training so far.
