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23:08, 26-Jun-2017
DPRK rejects invitation from ROK for 2018 Winter Olympics
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An International Olympic Committee member from the DPRK, Chang Ung, confirmed the DPRK will not attend the 2018 Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang with its neighbor to the south, BBC reports.
South Korea's sports minister, Do Jong-Hwan, had suggested that some skiing events for the 2018 Winter Olympics could be held in the DPRK to make the games a "peace Olympics" while Mr Chang said there was not time to negotiate a deal.
"As an expert of the Olympics, it is a little late to be talking about co-hosting. It's easy to talk about co-hosting, but it is never easy to solve practical problems for that. It's the same for forming a joint team for ice hockey," he added.
South Korean officials indicated they were still with an open idea.
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