PYEONGCHANG: South Korea's Winter Olympics head organiser has appealed to the nuclear-armed North, which remains technically at war with his country and boycotted the 1988 Seoul Games, to join in a "peace" Olympics next year.

Lee Hee-Beom is president and CEO of the Pyeongchang Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (POCOG), which will take place in a province that saw fierce battles during the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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