PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Not a single American athlete has expressed security concerns about next year's Winter Games in South Korea and it is business as usual for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as it pushes ahead with preparations, officials said on Monday. "We are preparing as if we are going to go," said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun during a news conference to kick off a Pyeongchang Winter Games media summit. Tensions in the region have escalated since North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 3, prompting global condemnation. "We had an opportunity to be in South Korea a little over a month ago and met with the four-star general who oversees all the U.S. forces there. We are getting the same briefings other Americans are getting who are travelling to South Korea.

Source: The Star September 25, 2017 16:46 UTC