In less than a year, South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, about 64 kilometres from the demilitarized zone. The country may ask for a little help, too: from North Korea. This week, the country’s sports minister said that he’ll ask North Korea to host some of the ski events at Masikryong, a resort about three hours from Pyongyang. Do Jong-hwan said he’s also considering an inter-Korean women’s ice hockey team, an effort to make the 2018 Games a “peace Olympics,” he said. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to thaw lingering tensions as we try to bring North Korea on board,” Do told the Korea Herald.

Source: thestar June 21, 2017 16:52 UTC