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UP FRONTWednesday 10 January 2018
North Korea to go to South Korea’s Olympics after talks
By HYUNG-JIN KIM South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, right, shakes hands with the head of North tegic weapons like atomic
Associated Press Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon before their meeting at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone bombs, hydrogen bombs
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. South Korean media said North and South Korea have and intercontinental ballis-
— The rival Koreas moved begun talks at their border about how to cooperate in next month’s Winter Olympics and how to tic rockets are completely
toward easing their bit- improve their long-strained ties. targeting the United States.
ter animosity Tuesday dur- They are not targeting our
ing rare talks, with North (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP) compatriots” in the South,
Korea agreeing to take Ri said, according to me-
part in next month’s Winter sile programs. Critics say dia footage from the bor-
Olympics in South Korea. Kim may be trying to divide der village of Panmunjom,
The countries also agreed Seoul and Washington in a where the talks were held.
to hold more discussions bid to weaken internation- Despite Ri’s comments, the
on reducing tension along al pressure and sanctions agreements were still seen
their border and to reopen on the North. to be a positive move.
a military hotline. In comments that ap- Chief South Korean del-
The first meeting of its kind peared to back up those egate Cho Myoung-gyon
between the nations in critical views, chief North described the accords as
about two years was ar- Korean delegate Ri Son a “first step toward the de-
ranged after North Ko- Gwon said his country’s nu- velopment of South-North
rean leader Kim Jong Un clear weapons are aimed relations” when he briefed
made an abrupt push for at the United States, not reporters about the meet-
improved ties with South South Korea. He made the ing.
Korea following a year of comments while complain- Ri read what he called a
escalating tensions with the ing about what he called joint statement after the
outside world over his ex- inaccurate South Korean talks, under which the two
panding nuclear and mis- media reports that he said Koreas agreed to “actively
Tuesday’s talks dealt with cooperate” in the Olym-
North Korea’s nuclear dis- pics to “enhance the pres-
armament. tige of the Korean people.”
“All our state-of-the-art stra- He said North Korea will
send a delegation of offi-
cials, athletes, cheerlead-
ers and journalists to the
Feb. 9-25 games in Py-
eongchang, South Korea.
South Korea will provide
necessary services to the
North Korean delegation,
Ri said, adding that the two
countries will hold follow-
up working-level talks on
Olympic cooperation.
“I see North Korea’s partici-
pation in the Pyeongchang
Games will provide us with
a chance to reduce ten-
sion on the Korean Peninsu-
la,” said Cho, whose official
title is unification minister. q
Trump to attend Davos
World Economic Forum
By ZEKE MILLER ing American businesses,
DARLENE SUPERVILLE industries and workers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- Trump would be the first
dent Donald Trump is set sitting U.S. president to at-
to bring his “America First” tend the summit in person
agenda to a bastion of since Bill Clinton in 2000.
globalization when he at- Then-Vice President Joe
tends the World Economic Biden attended last year.
Forum in the Swiss ski resort Xi Jinping became the first
of Davos later this month. Chinese president to at-
The summit traditionally tend the forum in 2017,
emphasizes global inter- when Trump was represent-
connectedness and coop- ed by Anthony Scaramuc-
eration. But White House ci — a longtime attendee
press secretary Sarah who later served a brief
Huckabee Sanders said and explosive tenure as
Trump would be promoting Trump’s White House com-
his policies for strengthen- munications director.q
