South Korean skiers and ski coaches are in North Korea for a two-day joint training session with North Korean skiers.<br />The two Koreas had agreed on the ski training as part of a series of events ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.<br />Our Ji Myung-kil has more. <br /> Some thirty-one skiers from South Korea are at North Korea's Masikryong Ski Resort on Wednesday.<br />The group of non-Olympic skiers and ski coaches took a chartered flight to the North's Kalma Airport, some 45 minutes away from the resort.<br /><br /> On the first day the skiers will do free skiing,... getting used to the slopes of the Masikryong Ski Resort and having friendly races with the North Korean skiers.<br />On the second day... the South and North skiers will hold joint training sessions.<br />North Korean skiers who will be taking part in PyeongChang 2018 will also be participating in the training session.<br /><br /> Once the joint training session ends on Thursday,... South Korean skiers plan to fly back to South Korea, with the North Korean athletes accompanying them.<br /><br /> Prior to the joint event,... South Korea has been in close consultation with the United States.<br />The Seoul government has stated that the inter-Korean sports and cultural activities. won't break the international community's sanctions on the North.<br /> Last September, the Trump administration announced a set of sanctions that included banning vessels and aircraft that have visited North Korea within 180 days from entering the U.S.<br />Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News. <br />
