South Korea is offering to hold high-level talks with bitter rival North Korea over the possibility of the North participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics being held in South Korea.

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said Tuesday Seoul wants to meet North Korean diplomats in exactly one week in the truce village of Panmunjom, located in the demilitarized zone that separates the North and South. The meeting would be the first high-level talks between Seoul and Pyongyang since December 2024.

Seoul's offer comes one day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used his annual New Year's Day address to announce he is considering sending a team to take part in next month's Olympic games in Pyeongchang.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed Kim's suggestion, but said any improvements in North and South relations must occur in tandem with Pyongyang abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

韓國(guó)提出與對(duì)手朝鮮舉行高層對(duì)話，商討朝鮮參加將在韓國(guó)舉行的冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)的可能。

韓國(guó)統(tǒng)一部長(zhǎng)官趙明均星期二說(shuō)，韓國(guó)希望一星期后在分割朝鮮半島南北方的非軍事區(qū)的板門店停戰(zhàn)村與朝鮮外交官會(huì)談。這將是2024年12月以來(lái)首爾和平壤之間的第一次高層會(huì)談。

韓國(guó)建議會(huì)談前一天，朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩在他的新年講話中宣布他考慮派遣運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)參加下個(gè)月在平昌舉行的冬奧會(huì)。

韓國(guó)總統(tǒng)文在寅對(duì)金正恩的建議表示歡迎，但是說(shuō)，朝鮮必須首先放棄核武器計(jì)劃，然后朝鮮和韓國(guó)之間的關(guān)系才可能改善。

South Korea is offering to hold high-level talks with bitter rival North Korea over the possibility of the North participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics being held in South Korea.

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said Tuesday Seoul wants to meet North Korean diplomats in exactly one week in the truce village of Panmunjom, located in the demilitarized zone that separates the North and South. The meeting would be the first high-level talks between Seoul and Pyongyang since December 2024.

Seoul's offer comes one day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used his annual New Year's Day address to announce he is considering sending a team to take part in next month's Olympic games in Pyeongchang.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed Kim's suggestion, but said any improvements in North and South relations must occur in tandem with Pyongyang abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

韓國(guó)提出與對(duì)手朝鮮舉行高層對(duì)話，商討朝鮮參加將在韓國(guó)舉行的冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)的可能。

韓國(guó)統(tǒng)一部長(zhǎng)官趙明均星期二說(shuō)，韓國(guó)希望一星期后在分割朝鮮半島南北方的非軍事區(qū)的板門店停戰(zhàn)村與朝鮮外交官會(huì)談。這將是2024年12月以來(lái)首爾和平壤之間的第一次高層會(huì)談。

韓國(guó)建議會(huì)談前一天，朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩在他的新年講話中宣布他考慮派遣運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)參加下個(gè)月在平昌舉行的冬奧會(huì)。

韓國(guó)總統(tǒng)文在寅對(duì)金正恩的建議表示歡迎，但是說(shuō)，朝鮮必須首先放棄核武器計(jì)劃，然后朝鮮和韓國(guó)之間的關(guān)系才可能改善。