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South Korea allowed athletes to fly to a training camp in North Korea. It has been granted exemption from US sanctions against its neighbor.

North Korea has canceled a cultural event that would hold up in the north with South Korea this coming Sunday. The South Korean authorities have announced this on Monday, according to news agency Yonhap.

North Korea has accused the United States of using the Olympic Games as an excuse for even more military presence in the region. But North Korea has 'a powerful and reliable defense' against the Americans. This is what the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Han Tae song, said during disarmament talks in the Swiss city.

South Korean demonstrators have made clear their dissatisfaction with North Korean participation in the Winter Olympics. During a demonstration, according to state press agency Yonhap, they set the northern flag and a photo of dictator Kim Jong-un on fire.

The athletes North and South Korea will enter the stadium under one flag during the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in the South Korean town of Pyeongchang.

For the first time in many years North Korea seems seriously prepared to improve the relationship with Seoul. Where promises were often broken at the last moment in the past, the dictator Kim Jong-un's regime is now strikingly cooperative. What's behind that?

'At the right time', the United States is willing to take part in the closer talks between North and South Korea. And if certain conditions are met, US President Donald Trump is 'absolutely' willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korea has accepted South Korea's invitation to once again hold diplomatic talks. The session will take place on Tuesday, January 9th.

US President Donald Trump has expressed a positive opinion about the recent rapprochement between North and South Korea. He wrote on Twitter that the willingness to consult is mainly thanks to him.

The South Korean president Moon Jae-in is open to a better relationship with North Korea, but only when the communist country starts with the termination of its nuclear program. Moon said that Tuesday one day after the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un approached the south.

The South Korean minister on unification, Cho Myong-gyon, has proposed a date for an appointment with North Korea to talk about the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

The United States can never again start a war against North Korea, now that the country has the opportunity to reach the entire mainland of the US with nuclear weapons. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said on Monday in his New Year's speech on North Korean television.

The Danish prince Nikolai celebrated his eighteenth birthday Monday evening in style with a family dinner on board the royal ship Dannebrog, offered by his grandmother Queen Margrethe. That was docked in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in the Amaliehaven, near the royal palace.

Chipmaker Intel is working with the International Olympic Committee. Intel wants to use drones, live virtual reality and 360 degree cameras to portray the sports.