South and North Korea agree on additional sports projects
- 6 years ago
北, 코리아오픈 탁구에 25명 파견키로
Late yesterday as the basketball ended, the two sides ended up holding a surprise round of talks on ramping up their cooperation in sports.
And it looks like they agreed to have North Korean table tennis players will be coming down South to compete less than ten days from now.
Our Park Hee-jun has the latest.
North Korea says it will send a team of athletes to participate in the 2018 Korea Open Table Tennis Tournament, which will take place later this month in Daejeon.
"The North told us that it will send a 25-member delegation, which includes 16 athletes, to the South. They will arrive through Incheon International Airport on July 15th,... and depart the same way on the 23rd."
The agreement was the result of Thursday's late-night meeting between the vice ministers of Seoul and Pyongyang's sports ministries.
It comes just three weeks after higher-level sports talks were held in June.
According to Roh, who briefed reporters on the details of the discussions,... Pyongyang also promised to send a team of 21 North Korean athletes to the World Shooting Championships,... which will begin late-August in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
The two Koreas will also have more basketball matches, following the ones that were held in Pyongyang this week.
The next games will be held in South Korea during the fall.
But the exact date is yet to be decided.
As for the upcoming Asian Games that kick off in August in Indonesia,... the South proposed beginning the joint teams' training as soon as possible.
The two Koreas are already set to field joint teams for rowing, canoeing, and women's basketball,... and there was no further mention of forming joint teams for other sports in Thursday's talks.
The North Korean players for rowing and canoeing will train in the South.
But details for women's basketball will have to be further discussed through the relevant organizations.
The two sides will continue to discuss the details of their joint participation.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
Late yesterday as the basketball ended, the two sides ended up holding a surprise round of talks on ramping up their cooperation in sports.
And it looks like they agreed to have North Korean table tennis players will be coming down South to compete less than ten days from now.
Our Park Hee-jun has the latest.
North Korea says it will send a team of athletes to participate in the 2018 Korea Open Table Tennis Tournament, which will take place later this month in Daejeon.
"The North told us that it will send a 25-member delegation, which includes 16 athletes, to the South. They will arrive through Incheon International Airport on July 15th,... and depart the same way on the 23rd."
The agreement was the result of Thursday's late-night meeting between the vice ministers of Seoul and Pyongyang's sports ministries.
It comes just three weeks after higher-level sports talks were held in June.
According to Roh, who briefed reporters on the details of the discussions,... Pyongyang also promised to send a team of 21 North Korean athletes to the World Shooting Championships,... which will begin late-August in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
The two Koreas will also have more basketball matches, following the ones that were held in Pyongyang this week.
The next games will be held in South Korea during the fall.
But the exact date is yet to be decided.
As for the upcoming Asian Games that kick off in August in Indonesia,... the South proposed beginning the joint teams' training as soon as possible.
The two Koreas are already set to field joint teams for rowing, canoeing, and women's basketball,... and there was no further mention of forming joint teams for other sports in Thursday's talks.
The North Korean players for rowing and canoeing will train in the South.
But details for women's basketball will have to be further discussed through the relevant organizations.
The two sides will continue to discuss the details of their joint participation.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.