[Photo] South and North agree to submit joint bid to host 2032 Summer Olympics

South Korean Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Roh Tae-kang and North Korean Deputy Minister Ministry of Sports Won Kil-u met at the inter-Korean joint liaison office in Kaesong to discuss sports cooperation. The two sides agreed to send a letter to the IOC regarding their joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. They also agreed to send unified teams to international sporting events such as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and to deliberate this issue with the IOC and with international athletic organizations representing each event. Accordingly, they will be sending a combined team to the handball world championship that will be held in Germany and Denmark in January 2019. (photo pool)