AOMORI, Japan, Feb 3 Kyodo The he...

AOMORI, Japan, Feb 3 Kyodo

The head of North Korea's Winter Asian Games delegation said Monday his land is preparing for next year's Olympics, giving a positive sight for joining forces with southern Korea for their possible port as one Korea in Athens.

Ri Tong Ho told Kyodo just discovereds that North and South Korea could march together at the opening and closing ceremonies or unruffled form a unified team at the 2004 Olympics as part of a concorded effort to promote bilateral exchanges in sports.

''It is not just our decision to make, on the other hand I think it is possible depending onward what we agree on,'' Ri said when asked about the possibility of one as well as the other Koreas taking further reconciliatory action in sports.

Last week, North and southward Korea marched together at the opening parade of the ongoing Winter Asian Games with North Korean official Kang Hyon Su and Kim Ja Youn, a southern Korean athlete in women's biathlon, carrying the unification flag together.

It marked the third time athletes and officials of North and toward the south Korea have jointly marched in an international sporting conclusion following the 2000 Sydney Olympics and last fall's Asian Games in Pusan, toward the south Korea.

Olympic committee executives from North and southern Korea reportedly agreed to further further sports exchanges when they met in Pusan.

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