Seoul drops Pyongyang from Korea’s 2036 Olympic bid; Mayor said joint strategy was “doomed”

[GBModerator]

South Korea’s aspirations to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games will move forward without North Korean capital Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said according to a Reuters report Monday. Sports official in the South last year announced plans for a bid centered in the capital that hosted the 1988 edition of the Games, or Busan, […]

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[iceman530]

Smart.  It was doomed.  All a sudden a laughable bid becomes very serious business.  Possibly even front of the pack

[ulu]

35 minutes ago, iceman530 said:

Smart.  It was doomed.  All a sudden a laughable bid becomes very serious business.  Possibly even front of the pack

I wouldn't say front of the pack because it's so soon after Brisbane.

[Ikarus360]

About time, and I saw this coming now that the new SK president is much less willing to be on friendly terms with NK, specially now that the later has gotten worse with their tirades to the point they actually achieved the impossible: Make Japan and SK resume diplomatic activities again and put aside their differences.