Two Koreas hold friendly basketball match
SEOUL: The two Koreas on Wednesday held a friendly basketball match in Pyongyang in the latest effort at sports diplomacy between the neighbours.
A group of 50 male and female players from the South arrived in the North’s capital on Tuesday for four rounds of friendlies on Wednesday and Thursday — agreed at the inter-Korea summit held in April.
The South’s delegation was led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, in the first visit by a Seoul official since the landmark summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
Cho’s visit will overlap with a trip to Pyongyang by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is tasked with fleshing
out details for the denuclearisation deal between Kim and Trump.
It was unclear whether Cho would meet with Kim or Pompeo, the unification ministry said.
For Wednesday’s two rounds of “mixed” matches for women and men each team was comprised of both South and North Korean athletes.
Cho and his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon watched the women’s match that started at around 3:30 pm (0630 GMT) at the 12,000-seat Ryugyong Chung Ju-Yung Gymnasium, pool reports said. Basketball is Kim’s favourite sport but he has not made an appearance so far, they added.
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