“We’re really excited that North Korean athletes have qualified to compete at the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang,” the Pyeongchang organising committee said in a statement. Verbal threats of war between North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump have pushed tensions higher. North Korea boycotted the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. But Chang Ung, the country’s IOC member, said earlier this month he expected North Korea’s Olympic Committee to approve its athletes’ participation. So I don’t see any big problem for the Pyeongchang Olympic Games,” he said.

Source: New Strait Times September 30, 2017 03:56 UTC