Citing unnamed sources, Japan’s Kyodo News service and broadcaster NHK said Chang was headed to Switzerland, where he could meet with International Olympic Committee officials.
Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun said he expects the two Koreas will use a recently restored cross-border communication channel to try to determine who will head their respective delegations next week.
A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Rob Manning, said President Donald Trump agreed to the delay in consultation with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
South Korea has proposed face-to-face talk with the North Koreans next week on the possibility of the latter participating in the Winter Olympics.
Shinzo Abe told reporters Japan was watching to see the impact of sanctions against North Korea, especially at this coldest time of the year. Coal and oil are among the items targeted, making heating supplies scarce in the winter.
Relations between the Koreas soured under Moon’s conservative predecessors, who responded to the North’s expanding nuclear program with hard-line measures.
Kim said that Pyongyang was open to talks with Seoul to discuss its participation in the Games, reports Efe.
This is the second case of a ship being investigated by South Korea for supplying crude oil on the high seas to North Korea after Seoul announced on Friday that it had seized a vessel sailing under a Hong Kong flag.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency took the oft-repeated stance as it reviewed the country’s major nuclear weapons and missile tests this year.
South Korean customs authorities boarded the ship and interviewed crew members after they returned to Yeosu on Nov. 24.
North Korea’s envoy in charge of U.S. affairs at the United Nations demanded Washington provide evidence to back up its claim Pyongyang was behind the Wannacry ransomware attack.
Seoul's Defence Ministry says the shootout happened after a North Korean soldier safely arrived at a front-line South Korean guard post.
Speculations surrounding Hwang’s execution is rife because Kim had last week visited Mount Paektu -- something he typically does ahead of passing a death order of his top brass.
Joseph Yun told reporters in Bangkok that the talks could take place without preconditions and would serve Washington’s dual approach of pressure and engagement on Pyongyang over its nuclear program.
The new sanctions come as an addition to a long list of punitive measures imposed by Japan which affect North Korean companies of different sectors and senior officials of the Kim Jong-un regime.
The five-day Vigilant Ace drill -- involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops -- began Monday morning, Seoul's air force said.
White House National Security Adviser (NSA) HR McMaster said that with every missile launch or nuclear test, Kim has improved his country's capabilities.
The two-stage liquid-fuel missile fired on Wednesday is potentially capable of striking targets as far as 13,000 km, which would put Washington within reach, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said today in a report to lawmakers.
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