国际英语资讯:South Korea welcomes top DPRK leaders New Year address_时事

国际英语资讯:South Korea welcomes top DPRK leaders New Year address

Kim said the two sides should reduce the highly tense military confrontation to create a peaceful environment for reconciliation.

The PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were scheduled to kick off in February in South Korea's namesake county of PyeongChang in the eastern Gangwon province.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said last month that annual springtime war games between South Korea and the United States can be delayed to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula before the PyeongChang games.

Moon said he had made that proposal to the U.S. side, which had been reviewing Moon's proposal. Moon noted that the overture depended solely on how the DPRK would respond.

The South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, codenamed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, are likely to be delayed as the DPRK proposed talks with South Korea about its participation in the Winter Olympics.

If inter-Korean talks are held to discuss the DPRK's participation in the sports event, other issues could be on the dialogue table such as the reunion of separated families between the two Koreas and the halt of hostile acts near the inter-Korean border.

Moon, who took office in May, had made four proposals to the DPRK, including the reunion of the divided families between the two Koreas, the DPRK's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the cease of hostile acts near the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas, and inter-Korean dialogues.