Olympics: North and South Korea are set to compete as a joint team by the 2014 Winter Olympics, a top official of the South Korean city bidding for the games said yesterday.
The two Koreas have long tried to put together a unified team for the Olympics and have been in talks to form one for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, but those discussions have been marred by political and other problems.
"We are planning on having a joint team by the time of the 2014 Games," said Bahng Jae-heung, secretary-general of the Pyeongchang bid committee.
"At this time, we are taking it for granted that there will be a joint team," he added.
North Korea had suspended several cooperation projects with the South, including discussions on a joint Olympic team, over Seoul's decision to suspend regular food aid after the North defied international warnings and test-fired seven missiles in July.
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