North and South Korea agree to hold military talks to defuse border tensions
North Korea is to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February, officials from the South say. The breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high-level talks in more than two years. The delegation will include athletes, officials and a group of cheerleaders.
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
North Korea is to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February, officials from the South say.
The breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high-level talks in more than two years.
The delegation will include athletes, officials and a group of cheerleaders.
A military hotline between the nations, suspended for nearly two years, will be reinstated from Wednesday, the South's officials said.
What's happened at the talks?
They have continued all day and the developments have been conveyed by officials from the South: