North, South Korea to Submit Joint Bid to Host 2032 Olympics

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September 19, 2018

As part of a wider agreement, North Korea and South Korea have agreed to submit a joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. No host sites have been announced.

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Kim Jong-Un of North Korea and Moon Jae-in of South Korea included that strategy as a result of an agreement by both to take new steps toward peace, including a pledge by North Korea to dismantle a nuclear test site and launch pad and allow international inspectors to verify that it had been done.

Pyeongchang, in the South, was the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics, at which both Korean countries sent athletes that formed a united team. The two countries agreed to a similar strategy for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Among the other elements of the agreement was a plan for a art troupe from Pyongyang to travel to Seoul for performances. The leader of a North Korean pop group made international news when she accompanied her country's athletes to the Pyeongchang Games.

South Korea was the host country for the 1988 Summer Olympics, which took place in and around Seoul. North Korea boycotted those Games.

Already announcing plans to make a bid for the 2032 Olympics have been Australia, Germany, India, Sand South Africa. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) normally announces host cities and countries seven years ahead of time.

The next three Summer Olympics will be in Tokyo (2020), Paris (2024), and Los Angeles (2028).

Beijing will be the host country for the next Winter Olympics (2022). The IOC will announce the location for the 2026 Winter Olympics in September 2019. Still in the running to host those Games are Calgary, Canada; Stockholm, Sweden; and Erzurum, Turkey.

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