Members of the North Korea cheering group gather before a welcoming ceremony inside the Gangneung Olympic Village before the 2018 Winter Olympics
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Friday to improve frayed ties between the U.S. allies, both of them threatened by nuclear-armed North Korea.
"What we'd like to achieve by coming to South Korea at the Winter Olympics", Howard told the newspaper, "is that to show the world this is what peace could look like when two leaders get along".
North Korean player Jong, who had one of the team's eight shots on the night, said she would like to see a unified team continue after the Olympics.
Only 22 will dress to play Saturday night, leaving Murray the hard task of deciding whether to play any of the North Koreans or sit some of the South Koreans she has worked with for many weeks.
And Pence's personal guest at the games will be Fred Warmbier, the father of Otto Warmbier, an American who died past year days after his release from captivity in North Korea.
Many experts have raised worries about teamwork, and a survey showed a majority of South Koreans opposed the joint team. Why? But critics in the South allege the North has been allowed to hijack the Pyeongchang Games, dubbing them the Pyongyang Olympics instead.
The invitation from Kim was delivered verbally by his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, during talks and a lunch Moon hosted at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Jo Yong Sam, department director general of North Korea's foreign ministry, said Thursday the country had never "begged the U.S. for dialogue" and wasn't about to start now.
However, there are lingering concerns that Moon could visit North Korea in a manner that would defy the position of both Tokyo and Washington.
Earlier on Friday, Pence said Moon gave his backing to additional measures the United States is planning to try to curb North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, speaking after paying tribute at a South Korean memorial.
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If the encounter took place, it would be the first between Kim and a South Korean president, and the first North-South summit on the peninsula since 2007.
During the chat, Abe told Kim of Japan's stance over North Korea's nuclear and missile development as well as Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
South Korean figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim has ignited the Olympic cauldron for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in a chilly opening ceremony that highlighted Korean unity.
Minutes later came a moment stunning in its optics and its implications: the United States, represented by Vice President Mike Pence, sitting a row ahead of Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, and the North's nominal head of state, all watching the games begin - officials from two nations that many worry have been on the brink of nuclear conflict.
According to the source, Abe said at the meeting in Pyeongchang that it was necessary for North Korea to show its honest will and concrete actions for denuclearization and that it was important to conduct a U.S.
Moon's defenders point out that he has, for the most part, fallen in line with the worldwide effort, led by Washington, to isolate and sanction the North for its ICBM launches and nuclear test over the a year ago. "Generally there's a positive view on [the] overall concept of North Korea participating in the Olympics, but on the details there are high levels of ambivalence, or some sense of unfairness like with hockey team".
Moon apparently cited the conditions necessary for an inter-Korean summit. The two Koreas agreed in a joint statement to hold future talks on reducing military tension along their border and "actively cooperate" in the Olympics, with North Korea sending a delegation. The opening ceremony will be attended by the North Korean leader's sister and other senior officials.
Fake Kim admitted that he and Trump substitute Dennis Alan had failed to get close enough to interact with athletes, including the two Koreas who marched together behind the blue-and-white unification flag.
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