Olympics: IOC chief rules out 2018 co-hosting idea

North Korea ruled out of co-hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics with to South Korea.

TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge ruled out the idea of North Korea co-hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics awarded to South Korea last week. “The IOC awards the Games to one city in one country,” he told reporters in Tokyo. “As far as spreading venues between the two countries, that’s something we do not consider under the current Olympic Charter.” Earlier, North Korean IOC member Jang Ung said in Tokyo that Pyongyang may consider sharing some 2018 events if the current “serious political and military situation” on the divided Korean peninsula eases.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 15^th, 2011.