North and South Korea discuss cooperation for Olympics
Today on Plain English: North Korea announced it will send a delegation of athletes to the Winter Olympics, being held in Pyeongchang, just 40 miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two countries. The two Koreas may compete together with a single women’s ice hockey team and North Korea is expected to have a pair of figure skaters compete.
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