DPRK, ROK start third working-level talks on Winter Olympics

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) started its working-level talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) at 1 a.m. GMT on Wednesday at the truce village of Panmunjom to discuss the DPRK’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, according to Yonhap news agency.

This is the third time that the two sides have held talks at the truce village after they held their first high-level meeting on Jan. 9 in about two years.

The ROK offered to combine their women's ice hockey team with the one from the DPRK on Jan. 9, which an International Olympics Committee (IOC) official said is being considered by the organization.

Six days later, the two sides held working-level talks on Monday for the dispatch of the DPRK’s art troupe to the Games.

Pyongyang will dispatch its art troupe comprising more than 140 members to the ROK for the occasion of the 23rd Winter Olympics, and give its performances in Kangrung and Seoul, the ROK’s Ministry of Unification announced after the meeting.

(CGTN)