Joint ski training to continue amid sudden cancelation cultural performance
- 6 years ago
The two sides appear to be skating on thin ice after North Korea pulled out of a cultural event with South Korea ahead of the Winter Olympics,... but another joint event is scheduled to take place from today.
South Korea is pushing forward with the projects it planned with the North by sending some of its athletes north of the border on Wednesday for joint-skiing training.
It seems that trip will happen... because aside from the one cancelation, the rest of the two Koreas schedule is on track.
Ji Myung-kil has our top story.
South Korea will send non-Olympic skiers to the North's Masikryong Ski Resort for two days of joint training as part of a series of planned events ahead of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
A group of inspectors from the South visited the venues in the North last week to look around the facilities, the airport and road conditions.
The South Korean skiers will take a chartered flight to the North's Kalma Airport, which is around 45 minutes away from the Masikryong Ski Resort.
The joint events during the PyeongChang Games are seen as a thawing of ties between the two Koreas.
However, a telegram from the North late Monday reportedly blamed "biased" and "insulting" media coverage from the South on the North's planned events for the Olympics.
The North was also angry at South Korean media reports of a possible military parade in Pyongyang on February 8th, a day before the opening ceremony of the Winter Games.
South Korea's unification ministry said the North's sudden decision was regrettable adding that the North should uphold all the remaining agreements that have been made.
Those are the art performances and taekwondo demonstration.
The North is also sending hundreds of delegates, cheerleaders and performers to the South over the course of the Olympics.
The inter-Korean talks which resulted in the agreement came after tensions on the Korean peninsula reached their highest point in decades.
But there have been concerns that the links between the Koreas could breach international sanctions on North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
"Providing hard cash is not allowed. But apart from that, we can practically provide any conveniences they might need as the U.S. has welcomed the North's participation as well."
Providing cash payments to the North's regime is banned under UN sanctions.
South Korea earlier said it would not pay the fees for using the North's airport and airspace.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.
South Korea is pushing forward with the projects it planned with the North by sending some of its athletes north of the border on Wednesday for joint-skiing training.
It seems that trip will happen... because aside from the one cancelation, the rest of the two Koreas schedule is on track.
Ji Myung-kil has our top story.
South Korea will send non-Olympic skiers to the North's Masikryong Ski Resort for two days of joint training as part of a series of planned events ahead of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
A group of inspectors from the South visited the venues in the North last week to look around the facilities, the airport and road conditions.
The South Korean skiers will take a chartered flight to the North's Kalma Airport, which is around 45 minutes away from the Masikryong Ski Resort.
The joint events during the PyeongChang Games are seen as a thawing of ties between the two Koreas.
However, a telegram from the North late Monday reportedly blamed "biased" and "insulting" media coverage from the South on the North's planned events for the Olympics.
The North was also angry at South Korean media reports of a possible military parade in Pyongyang on February 8th, a day before the opening ceremony of the Winter Games.
South Korea's unification ministry said the North's sudden decision was regrettable adding that the North should uphold all the remaining agreements that have been made.
Those are the art performances and taekwondo demonstration.
The North is also sending hundreds of delegates, cheerleaders and performers to the South over the course of the Olympics.
The inter-Korean talks which resulted in the agreement came after tensions on the Korean peninsula reached their highest point in decades.
But there have been concerns that the links between the Koreas could breach international sanctions on North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
"Providing hard cash is not allowed. But apart from that, we can practically provide any conveniences they might need as the U.S. has welcomed the North's participation as well."
Providing cash payments to the North's regime is banned under UN sanctions.
South Korea earlier said it would not pay the fees for using the North's airport and airspace.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.