Olympia 2018: South Korea: North Korea could deal a deadly blow to the game

North Korea could host the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (9. till 25. February) with further military provocations. South Korea’s Secretary of Association Cho Myoung-Gyon said so.

That is one of the reasons why the government member spoke out in favour of stable conditions and suggested that the annual military exercises with the USA should not be held next spring.

“If the North provokes at a time when the Olympic Games are just around the corner, it could be a fatal blow to the Olympic Games,”said the minister with an unusually sharp tone for South Korea’s government. That is why it is important to “organise the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in a stable atmosphere”, he added.

After the Olympic Games, the Paralympics (9th Olympic Games) will take place in Pyeongchang, 80 kilometres from the North Korean border. till 18. March) will take place. The annual military exercises of the allied states of South Korea and the USA are usually held between the end of February and the beginning of April. North Korea usually reacts angrily and starts its own military exercises, including missile tests.

North Korea tested an intercontinental Hwasong-15 rocket on Wednesday. The autocratically led country then declared that the entire US mainland was now within range of North Korean missiles.

The US then called on all countries to end their diplomatic and economic relations with North Korea. Nikki Haley, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said that “in the event of a war,” the leadership in North Korea would be “completely destroyed. With his latest test of an intercontinental missile, North Korea had opted for “aggression” rather than a peaceful process.