Chang, a vice president of the North Korean Olympic Committee (NOC), said that so far no athletes from North Korea had qualified and any participation was subject to an NOC decision. North Korea has launched dozens of missiles under leader Kim Jong Un as it accelerates a weapons programme designed to give it the ability to target the United States with a powerful, nuclear-tipped missile. "So I don't see any big problem for the Pyeongchang Olympics." "However still the NOC of the DPRK (North Korea) cannot confirm as athletes have not qualified yet, qualification still goes on," he said. He said that figure skating, short track speed skating and possibly Nordic skiing could potentially feature North Korean athletes.

Source: The Star September 15, 2017 19:41 UTC