North Korea to send cheering squad to Asian Games

[yuiyoshida]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Monday it will send a cheering squad to the coming Asian Games in rival South Korea that its athletes plan to attend.

A North Korean statement said the dispatch of its cheering squad to the games, set for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in the South Korean city of Incheon, is aimed at promoting reconciliation between the rivals. The statement released via state media repeated the country's demands the two Koreas halt mutual slandering and Seoul scrap military drills with Washington that it calls an invasion rehearsal. South Korean and U.S. officials have said their drills are defensive in nature.

North Korea has previously proposed similar demands that it said would reduce tension but South Korea has rejected them, saying the country must first take steps toward nuclear disarmament.

South Korea's Unification Ministry said Monday that North Korea must not repeat "unreasonable" demands. Spokesman Kim Eui-do told reporters the South Korean government supports the successful hosting of the Asian Games and will discuss the North's plans to send athletes and the cheering team with organizers of the games.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140707p2g00m0dm057000c.html

[davidpdx]

1. I saw that

I live on the other side of the freeway from Incheon. I asked my wife if I could go hold up a sign that says "Kim Jong Um sucks" and she said that wouldn't be a good idea.