We turn away from football for some basketball news as the sport is demonstrating important influence on the Korean Penisula. Men's and women's teams from South Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday to take on representative teams from the DPRK in a series of exhibition games designed to further thaw relations between the two countries. CGTN's Su Xiaoxiao has the details.  

For the first time in nearly 70 years, South Korean military airplanes touched down on DPRK soil. Two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft brought to the north not soldiers, but envoys for peace and friendship.

WON KIL U DPRK VICE SPORTS MINISTER "The more meetings and exchanges we have with the South, the stronger the ties we feel for unification."

The 101 member ROK delegation includes 50 basketball players from South Korea's men's and women's national Basketball teams. The rest are officials, reporters and producers. This is the first inter-Korean match in 15 years. Over the next two days, ROK and DPRK are planning four games including two mixed matches and two friendly matches. There will be no national anthem playing or flag raising. The games were agreed planned by the two sides at a meeting in Panmunjom in mid-June.

CHO MYOUNG-GYON ROK UNIFICATION MINISTER "The game is an implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration. Just like the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which lay the foundation for peace in the Korean Peninsula. The unification basketball game will also push forward the Korean peace process."

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and other high level officials are expected to meet with the South Korean delegation. The ROK delegation is scheduled to return home on Friday. Su Xiaoxiao CGTN.