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N. Korea wants to co-host Winter Olympics with S. Korea - report
2011-07-14
(KUNA) -- North Korea would like to co-host the 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in South Korean alpine town of Pyeongchang, a senior North Korean sports official said Wednesday, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency reported.

Jang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), told Yonhap in Tokyo it was "positive" for Asia to host only its third Winter Games.

When asked about the possibility of sharing some events with Pyeongchang, Jang replied "I hope so," according to the report.

"The political and military situations between the Koreas aren't good, and they have to be improved. Otherwise, they could influence the Olympics," he was quoted as saying.
"Nice Winter Olympics you got there. Sure would be a shame if anything happened to it..."
Jang arrived in Tokyo to attend the general assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Pyeongchang beat Munich of Germany and Annecy of La Belle France last week to win the bid for the 2018 Games.

Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu, head of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, said earlier this week that he will explore ways for the two Koreas to co-host the Games.

The two Koreas remain technically at war with each other because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. They have fielded joint teams in football and in table tennis in international events, but never at an Olympics or an Asian Games.

They have marched in together for opening ceremonies, most recently at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Not a bad idea, if they dissolve Norkia.
Posted by: Titus Johnson8653   2011-07-14 17:03  

#7  Tell them to submit their name to the olympics board for a future olympics and pay their bribes like everyone else.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2011-07-14 15:10  

#6  ..and if they twitch afterwards, drop a world cup or two on them just to make sure.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-07-14 09:22  

#5  Remember, they sold the beijing footprint firework show demo tape as the real deal, even got short stack costas to go along with it who, until then, I considered the best and brightest common tator.

Looking at the time, money, graft, and chaos created by the olympics, I'd say send the whole kit and kaboodle to NORK.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-07-14 09:21  

#4  gorb: I'm not so sure. This is a nation known for digging giant invasion tunnels, intentionally starving most of their population, whose main product seems to be bottled crazy.

The want money, as Steve White pointed out in the inline, and are anything but reserved in how they get it.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-07-14 08:54  

#3  Not even the Norks are stupid enought to mess with the Olympics. Even those who voted for Obean would recognize the Norks for what they were if something were to happen to the Olympics.

Here's another opportunity to call the Norks' bluff.
Posted by: gorb   2011-07-14 05:06  

#2  They played the same card in '88, Seoul hosted the Olympics. It's cities not nations that host Olympics.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-07-14 00:54  

#1  ION TOPIX > [JoongAng Ilbo] CRACKS ARE SHOWING IN NORTH [DPRK], AMERICAN SCHOLAR SAYS, as per between the Kimmie Regime + DPRK Public-Mainstream.

* SAME > TEN MORE PKG-CLASS VESSELS TO BE DEPLOYED [to NLL] TO DETER NORTH KOREA: SOUTH.

* SAME > JAPAN: NO US FOOD AID TO NORTH KOREA [withheld] UNTIL ABDUCTEES RETURNED.

Nippon wants resolution on Japanese Citizens kidnapped by the North during the Cold war.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-14 00:31  

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