Koreas Hope to Reunite for Olympics
Despite the fact that the two countries are still officially at war, North and South Korea will make a joint bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they hope to compete as one country. While the rest of the world has a meltdown over North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the South seems determined to resolve its differences peacefully.
Despite the fact that the two countries are still officially at war, North and South Korea will make a joint bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they hope to compete as one country. While the rest of the world has a meltdown over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the South seems determined to resolve its differences peacefully.
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[The two countries] have informed International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge they will both back the bid of South Korean city Pyeongchang.
As part of the deal a unified Korean team will take part in 2014, but they hope to have a combined team in place in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
North and South Korea are technically still at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended without a peace treaty.
In 1964, an attempt was made to form a joint team but political and military tensions ended any hopes of such a deal.
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