Two Koreas start joint ski training in North Korea
- 6 years ago
We start with the ongoing sports diplomacy between the Koreas,...
With just over a week to go before the curtain comes up on PyeongChang 2018,... ten more North Korean Olympic athletes will be heading south of the border in the coming hours,... adding to the dozen or so other players already training in the South.
Ji Myung-kil reports.
Some thirty-one skiers from South Korea have traveled to North Korea's Masikryong Ski Resort on Wednesday.
The group of non-Olympic skiers and ski coaches took a chartered flight to the North's Kalma Airport, some 45 minutes away from the resort.
On the first day the skiers got used to the slopes of the Masikryong Ski Resort with some free skiing sessions.
On the second day... the South and North alpine and cross-country skiers will hold joint training sessions including friendly races.
North Korean skiers who will compete in PyeongChang 2018 will also be participating in the training session.
Prior to the joint event,... South Korea has been in close consultation with the United States.
The Seoul government has stated that the inter-Korean sports and cultural activities won't break the international community's sanctions on the North.
Last September, the Trump administration announced a set of independent sanctions that included banning vessels and aircraft that have visited North Korea within 180 days from entering the U.S.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.
With just over a week to go before the curtain comes up on PyeongChang 2018,... ten more North Korean Olympic athletes will be heading south of the border in the coming hours,... adding to the dozen or so other players already training in the South.
Ji Myung-kil reports.
Some thirty-one skiers from South Korea have traveled to North Korea's Masikryong Ski Resort on Wednesday.
The group of non-Olympic skiers and ski coaches took a chartered flight to the North's Kalma Airport, some 45 minutes away from the resort.
On the first day the skiers got used to the slopes of the Masikryong Ski Resort with some free skiing sessions.
On the second day... the South and North alpine and cross-country skiers will hold joint training sessions including friendly races.
North Korean skiers who will compete in PyeongChang 2018 will also be participating in the training session.
Prior to the joint event,... South Korea has been in close consultation with the United States.
The Seoul government has stated that the inter-Korean sports and cultural activities won't break the international community's sanctions on the North.
Last September, the Trump administration announced a set of independent sanctions that included banning vessels and aircraft that have visited North Korea within 180 days from entering the U.S.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.