By Reuters  January 21, 2018 | 09:26 am GMT+7 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach poses with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the NOC of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 20, 2018. Photo by Reuters North Korea will send 22 athletes to the Winter Games. North Korean logistics officials arrived in South Korea on Sunday after a previous cancellation briefly cast doubts on the North’s participation in next month’s Winter Olympics. South Korean broadcaster YTN reported the delegation had arrived in Seoul early Sunday under a heavy police presence, then boarded a train to Pyeongchang, where the Olympics will be held from February 9-25. The seven-member North Korean delegation had originally been scheduled to visit on Saturday to check venues for performances by an art troupe during the Olympics, but cancelled just before the visit with no explanation. Officials from both Korea’s used a cross-border hotline to reschedule the visit. The preparations are part of the North’s participation in the games, an apparent diplomatic breakthrough after months of high tension over the North’s nuclear and missile programme. North Korea will send 22 athletes to the Winter Games in the neighbouring South next month and compete in three sports and five disciplines, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday.
At the receiving, Vice Chairman made a brief introduction on the socio-economic development of the province over the past few years to the guests, especially the investment and development at Dung Quat Economic Zone. He highly appreciated initial success of some projects invested into Dung Quat Economic Zone by Korean companies of which Doosan Vina Heavy Industry Co. is a symbolic example. Vice Chairman hopes that the South Korea Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City will be the bridge between Korean investors and Quang Ngai province so that more and more Korea enterprises like Doosan to come and invest in…... [read more]
On October 8 morning, a delegation of Gyeongnam provincial People's Council from South Korea led by Song Kyoung Young-Head of Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Board paid a working visit to Dongnai People's Council. Welcoming and meeting with the delegation were Huynh Chi Thang-Vice-Chairperson of the provincial People's Council, Ao Van Thinh-Vice-Chairperson of the provincial Committee along with leaders of departments, branches, sectors of the province. On behalf of the provincial leaders, Huynh Chi Thang delivered a speech to welcome the delegation and reported briefly on socio-economic situation of the province in the first nine months this year. Accordingly, the province's…... [read more]
South Korea Tuesday proposed holding high-level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after the North's leader Kim Jong-Un called for a breakthrough in relations and said Pyongyang might attend the Winter Olympics.South Korean President Moon Jae In speaks during the first Cabinet meeting of 2018Kim used his annual New Year address to underscore Pyongyang's claim that it has developed a weapons deterrent and warn that he had a "nuclear button" on hand, but sweetened his remarks by expressing an interest in dialogue and participating in the South's Games.South Korea's unification minister Cho Myoung-Gyon said Seoul was "reiterating our willingness to…... [read more]
North and South Korea kicked off their first formal talks in more than two years on Tuesday, brought together by sport to discuss how the North's athletes can attend next month's Winter Olympics in the South despite simmering fears of conflict. Regardless of its narrow, primarily sporting agenda, the meeting is being closely watched by world leaders eager for any sign of a reduction in tensions on the Korean peninsula amid rising fears over North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions. "Today we'll engage in talks to discuss North Korea's participation in the…... [read more]
North and South Korean naval patrol boats briefly exchanged fire Tuesday near their disputed Yellow Sea border which has been the site of numerous clashes in the past, the South's defence ministry said. The incident coincided with raised hopes of a constructive reboot in strained inter-Korean relations following the surprise visit of a top-ranking North Korean delegation to the South just three days before. The defence ministry said the North Korean vessel had penetrated half a nautical mile into the South's territorial waters. "Our side fired back when the North Korean patrol boat opened fire," a ministry spokesman said, adding…... [read more]
