Pyongyang agreed with Seoul on the participation of its athletes in the Winter Olympics in 2018. In Pyeongchang will come athletes, fans, observers, as well as art groups from North Korea. At the same time, representatives of South Korea promised to create the necessary conditions for the comfort of all arrivals from a neighboring country, the "Yonhap News". Moreover, athletes from both countries will attend the opening ceremony of the Games together. "We also approached the joint opening of the opening ceremony and holding of inter-Korean cultural events," said South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman No Gyu Doc. These agreements were reached at the talks on the normalization of relations between the DPRK and South Korea, which for the first time in three years are held between the two states. They started on January 9 at the frontier point of Panmunjom in the so-called demilitarized zone.

During the dialogue at the ministerial level, the representatives of Pyongyang and Seoul also agreed to restore the line of emergency communication between the military to prevent incidents in the Yellow Sea and resume talks on other military issues, in particular, on the denuclearization of the DPRK. Seoul and Pyongyang will also undertake efforts to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and will begin to cooperate in many areas. But Gyu Dok said that the North Korean government will even lift some sanctions against the DPRK during the Olympics, but what exactly, he did not specify. The Olympic Games will be held in Pyeongchang from 9 to 25 February 2018.