North Korea could UNITE with South for Winter Olympics as organiser plans symbolic meet
The two countries, who are technically still at war having only signed an armistice after the Korean War, could even compete as a single nation in next month's Games.
Lee Hee-beom, the Winter Olympics organising chief, previously raised the possibility of the two Koreas forming unified teams in figure skating and ice hockey for the Games to be held in the mountain village of Pyeongchang, just 50 miles (80km) from the inter-Korean border.
The two Koreas have competed as a single nation in sports events before, including football and table tennis matches, but have never joined forces for a major event such as the Olympics or the Asian Games.
The countries even marched together at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 after North and held their first ever summit, but relations have since soured.
However, Lee, president of the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, is optimistically proposing the countries join forces for this years event.
He has even proposed North Korean athletes enter the south by crossing the heavily armed border between the two countries, which is widely considered one of the most dangerous divides in the world.
That would be the first time that North Korean athletes would arrive the South by road, the organiser said. has not responded to Lees proposals.
North Korea participated in the international multi-sports events hosted by South Korea three times - in 2002, 2003 and 2014.
The news comes after South Korea confirmed communication with North Korea has reopened in what could be the start of a new chapter in the fraught relationship between the two neighbours.
The Souths Unification Ministry said the two Koreas were communicating via a radio channel at the border village of Panmunjom on Wednesday after shocked the world by saying he was "open to dialogue with Seoul and hoped to send a team to the Winter Olympics, set to be held in Pyeongchang next month.
High-level talks have not been held between the two nations since December 2015 after North Korea cut off the communications channel and refused to answer calls, according to officials in Seoul.
South Korea reportedly tries to make contact with the North at least once a day.
The North Korean leader began the new year by suggesting he was willing to work to bring an end the tensions on the Korean peninsula and open a dialogue with South Korea.
He said: "The Winter Olympic games that will be held soon in the South will be a good opportunity to display the status of the Korean nation and we sincerely wish that the event will be held with good results.".
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