South Korea to go ahead with Olympics projects, despite the North calling off joint performance
Seoul — South Korea will go ahead with other Winter Olympics projects with North Korea despite Pyongyang calling off a joint cultural performance that was less than a week away, a South Korean government official said on Tuesday. North Korea called off the joint cultural performance, which had been scheduled for February 4, late on Monday, blaming South Korean media for encouraging "insulting" public sentiment. However, the North and South were still in negotiations over plans for South Korean athletes to train at North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort, an official at the ministry of unification told Reuters in Seoul. There seemed to be no problems regarding plans for the joint training programme, said the official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. However, given the North’s decision on Monday, the official said it was unlikely any joint performance would be held before the Winter Olympics beginning in Pyeongchang on February 9. The unification m...
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