North and South Korea to meet for Games talks

North Korea has accepted an offer to attend highlevel talks about sending a team to the Winter Olympic Games, South Korean officials said.

The meeting next Tuesday is an attempt to find a way for North Korean athletes to attend the South Korea event in February.

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

The meeting is due to take place at Panmunjom, on the border between the two countries. It will be the first high-level talks both Koreas have held in just over two years.

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