North Korea calls off joint Olympic performance with South on own soil, blames critical media coverage
2018-01-30 09:35:19 source：Straits Times
January 30, 2018
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has called off a joint cultural performance with artistes from the South ahead of the forthcoming Winter Olympics, Seoul said on Monday (Jan 29), underscoring the fragility of their Games-led rapprochement.
The event at Mount Kumgang, a renowned scenic spot in the North, had been due to take place on Sunday as part of a flurry of talks and visits between Seoul and nuclear-armed Pyongyang ahead of the Games in Pyeongchang next month.
The moves, triggered by the North's leader Kim Jong Un in his New Year speech, come after a year in which Pyongyang carried out multiple missile launches and its most powerful nuclear test to date, sending fears of conflict on the peninsula soaring.
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