SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday (June 24) invited North Korea to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, saying sports could serve as a peace maker..
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday (June 24) invited North Korea to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, saying sports could serve as a peace maker.
The South and nuclear-armed North Korea are separated by one of the world’s most heavily armed borders and remain technically at war after the 1950 to 1953 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
But the centre-left Moon is known to favour engagement with the North to bring it to the negotiating table in a break from his conservative predecessors who took a hardline stance.
“I believe in the strength of sports that has been brokering peace, ” Moon said.
“If a North Korean delegation takes part in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, I believe it will greatly contribute to realising the Olympic values of friendship and peace, ” he said, according to a script of his remarks released by the presidential Blue House.
