South Korea Proposes High Level Talks with North Korea, May Allow NK Athletes into Olympics

Torch bearer Yang Jung-Mo holds the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics torch during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games torch relay on Nov. 4, 2017 in Busan, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

South Korean officials want to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials next week to discuss two issues—how to ease military tensions, and whether to allow North Korean athletes to participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

“We hope the two sides sit down for frank talks,” South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said in a news conference, according to the New York Times.