Could the Olympics STOP World War 3? North Korea urged to compete despite rising tensions
THE Olympics are the “road to peace” with North Korea as the country is called upon to participate, it has been revealed.
The President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, has asked the hermit nation to participate in the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018 as a step towards reconciliation.
He said: "The doors to PyeongChang, the road to peace, are also open to North Korea.
"The one step North Korea takes toward PyeongChang will mark a great progress toward peace that cannot be obtained even with hundreds of missiles."
Speaking at the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC), Mr Jae-in was keen to express a desire for peaceful reunification with the rogue nation.
He added: “The most serious challenge and threat that lies before us now is North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles. But our principle of peaceful reunification also remains firm.
"Peace is a right that should be enjoyed by each person. Building a peaceful Korean Peninsula is our duty.
"Refining the views offered by the people to make them practical and further enriching such opinions is what you advisers are asked to do.
"Our destination is clear. It is a Korean Peninsula of peace and prosperity. The NUAC will be an advisory group that brings the people together.
“It will create a strong and firm foundation for peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula."
The news of South Korea appealing for reconciliation with despot leader Kim Jong-un comes as it was recently revealed that the country fears Donald Trump more than it does the rogue state.
Chrstine Ahn, disclosed the country’s fears of Trump and stated that protests are planned for his arrival.
Speaking to Free Speech TV, Ms Ahn said: “Ahead of Trump’s visit to Asia, particularly to South Korea, where more South Koreans fear Donald Trump than they do Kim Jong-un. And, in fact, massive protests are being planned.
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“There was the anniversary of the candlelight revolution this past weekend, and over 220 civil society organisations declared that they would hold massive protests from November 4 to 7 all throughout the country, declaring no war, no more military exercises, stop the brinksmanship, which obviously threatens the majority of people in South Korea and also many who still have family in North Korea.
“So, I think that you know, it was kind of a proactive step to assuage the South Korean people, because, obviously, Trump will come in and make some provocative statements. And I think that was part of the step to do that.
“What we don’t often hear in the media, though, is that the U.S. has sent three nuclear aircraft carriers to be docked on the Korean Peninsula.
“They have been conducting very provocative joint war exercises with South Korea, included Navy SEALs that took out Osama bin Laden.
“They do include the decapitation strikes. And so, you know, it’s one thing to say, ‘We don’t want war with North Korea,’ and another to actually be laying the grounds for that.”
Donald Trump will visit South Korea during his tour of Asia which begins on 4 November and will also include stops in Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.