North Korea Co-host Bid Ended
North Korea’s plans of co-hosting the 2018 Winter Olympic Games with South Korea will not be allowed – according to International Committee chief Jacques Rogge.??
Since then, the main opposition Democratic Party has floated the idea of co-hosting the Games with North Korean.
??A delegation from North Korea reportedly said Pyongyang may consider sharing 2018 events if the current military tensions between the countries eased.
??However, Rogge has put a stop to that, adding: ‘The IOC awards the Games to one city in one country. As far as spreading venues between the two countries, that’s something we do not consider’.
??’We’re not going to change the Olympic Charter because otherwise you complicate the organisation’.??
Rogge did say that North and South Korea would be free to enter a joint team.??
‘In the specific case of North and South Korea, there has been in the past, specifically to the 2000 Games in Sydney, the teams parading together in the opening ceremony’.?
?’This is something we would and could consider in future Games without any problems. There could be symbolic actions like the joint parade or, why not, a joint team’.? ?
‘But don’t expect the IOC to spread venues between the two countries and organise Games in North Korea and another in South Korea’.??
Technically, the two Korean countries are technically at war, since the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended in a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty.
