NORTH KOREA

NORTH KOREA

North Korea has accepted an offer to attend high-level talks next week, South Korean officials have said.

The meeting, on 9 January, will focus on finding a way for North Korean athletes to attend the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea in February.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said this week that sending a delegation to the Games would be “a good opportunity to show unity of the people”.

The meeting is expected to be held at Panmunjom, on the border.

These will be the first high-level talks both Koreas have had since December 2015. It is not yet clear who will be attending.

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in has previously said he sees the Winter Olympics as a “groundbreaking chance” to improve relations between the Koreas, two countries still technically at war.