남북, 올림픽 단일팀•2032 올림픽 공동유치 협의<br /><br />South and North Korea are planning a bid to host the Summer Olympics together in 2032.<br />They agreed today to move forward with the bid and send a letter of intent to the IOC.<br />And for the Olympics coming up in Tokyo in 2020, they agreed to compete as a single team in some events.<br />Our Park Hee-jun has this report. South and North Korea's joint bid to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics is gathering speed.<br />The two Koreas held sports talks at the liaison office in Gaeseong on Friday,... led by Seoul's Vice Sports Minister Roh Tae-kang and his North Korean counterpart Won Kil-u .<br />At the talks, Seoul and Pyeongyang agreed to send a letter of intent to the International Olympic Committee at the earliest possible date.<br />And next February, they will co-host a meeting with the IOC in Switzerland,... to discuss the matter with various sports officials, including the sports ministers of the two Koreas and the head of the IOC.<br />South and North Korea have also agreed to send unified teams to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,... and march together at the opening ceremony.<br />They plan to train and field joint teams, mainly in events the two Koreas have already competed in.<br />They previously combined their teams in women's hockey, table tennis, women's basketball, rowing, and canoeing.<br />And Vice Sports Minister Roh revealed that there were eight events, in which both sides hoped to participate together in.<br />The two Koreas will also march together at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.<br />Boosting cooperation in sports is one of the agreements reached by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at their Pyeongyang Summit in September.<br />The two Koreas have been increasing such exchanges since they first fielded a unified team for women’s ice hockey at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.<br />They competed together in various events, including the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games.<br />The two Koreas will continue with their efforts to implement their agreements through additional meetings and the exchange of documents.<br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News. <br />
