In Talks Credited to Trump, North Korea Agrees to Send Orchestra to Perform in South During Olympics

In this Jan. 15, 2018, handout image provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean delegation (R) shakes hands with North Korean delegation (L) for their meeting in Panmunjom, North Korea. South Korean Unification Ministry via Getty Images

SEOUL—During rare talks credited largely to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, North Korea agreed to send a symphonic orchestra to the South to perform at the Winter Olympics next month.

Officials from the two Koreas—technically still at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a treaty—met on the North side of the border truce village of Panmunjom to discuss North Korea sending 140 performers—for the first time in 18 years—to the Olympics in Pyeongchang.