Koreas discuss North's entry in Asiad<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse, Seoul<\/p>\n
South and North Korean sports officials on Sunday discussed
\narrangements for the Stalinist country's delegation to this
\nyear's Asian Games, officials said.<\/p>\n
North Korea announced earlier this month it would take part in
\nthe Games, to be held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 15 in the southern
\ncity of Busan, making it the first Asiad in which all 43 Olympic
\nCouncil of Asia (OCA) member countries will take part.<\/p>\n
South Korea has promised to provide special transport
\nservices, security and accommodation for North Korean athletes
\nand supporters.<\/p>\n
The three-day meeting, which began on Saturday at the North's
\nMount Kumgang resort, focused on the number of players and
\nspectators from the communist country, said the Busan Asian Games
\nOrganizing Committee (BAGOC).<\/p>\n
Officials in Seoul, however, declined to give details, saying
\ndevelopments would be announced by the leader of South Korea's
\nnegotiating team, BAGOD secretary general Baek Ki-moon.<\/p>\n
\"There will be no announcement until Baek comes back here,\" a
\nunification ministry official told AFP.<\/p>\n
Baek told reporters on Saturday that the agenda would include
\nthe South's proposal to carry a flame, lit from the North's
\nhighest Mount Paektu, to Busan through the truce village of
\nPanmunjom.<\/p>\n
Panmunjom, the only contact point in the demilitarized zone,
\nhas been the symbol of Korea's division in 1945.<\/p>\n
The rival Koreas, who have never officially ended their 1950-
\n1953 War, last played football against each other in 1990. North
\nKorea won the first match in Pyongyang 2-1 and South Korea won
\nthe second in Seoul 1-0.<\/p>",
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