Wednesday, 26/12/2018 21:05 (GMT+7)
Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan on December 24th said the RoK and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) would set up joint teams for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
RoK Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hưan (Source: Yonhap/VNA)
According to the JoongAng Ilbo, one of the RoK's major newspapers, Minister Do Jong-hwan said the two Koreas have agreed to form joint teams in women's basketball, canoing and rowing.
The Minister also said the two Koreas are looking into organizing teams for table tennis, judo, and possibly others depending on whether the athletes in those sports would support such a move.
The two Koreas sent a joint team for women’s hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
The two sides extended such cooperation to women’s basketball, rowing and canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games. The two countries have never competed as one team in the Summer Olympics.
The two country’s athletes also assembled in the World Tour Platinum Korea Open in July in Dejeon, RoK, and the Table Tennis World Championships in May.
It was part of efforts to implement the Pyongyang Declaration, which RoK President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un signed after their third summit in Pyongyang in September.
The two sides were also to discuss forming unified teams for other areas of cooperation, including making a joint bid for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympic Games./.
Compiled by BTA