DPRK to send 140-member orchestra to S. Korea-hosted Winter Olympics: Seoul
2018-01-16 10:22:48 source:Xinhuanet
January 15, 2018
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed with South Korea Monday to send a 140-member orchestra to the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics, Seoul's unification ministry said.
The agreement came after delegates from the two countries held working-level talks at Tongilgak, a DPRK building in the truce village of Panmunjom which straddles the heavily guarded inter-Korean land border.
The DPRK will send the art troupe during the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games set to run from February to March in South Korea's eastern county of Pyeongchang.
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