SEOUL: North Korea said it was willing to send athletes and a high-level delegation to the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the South on Tuesday as the rivals held their first official talks in more than two years after high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.

Seoul urged that reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War—one of the most emotive legacies of the conflict—be held at the same time as the Games.

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