17th December 2007
North Korea signs torch relay agreement
North Korea has agreed to take part in the 2008 Beijing torch relay. The torch will go from Seoul, travel across the heavily guarded border and up to Pyongyang.
The torch will be lit on March 25th in Greece and pass through 22 cities on five continents. Unfortunately a similar agreement could not be reached with Taiwan.

Read more: NKorea confirms will join 2008 Olympic torch relay
5th October 2007
South and North Korea to operate railway during Olympic games
South and North Korean leaders met just recently and agreed to operate the railway linking the two countries while the Olympic Games are being held in Beijing.
The opening of the railway will allow people from South Korea to travel to Beijing by train.
Read more: S Korea, DPRK agree to operate inter-Korean railways during 2008 Olympics
4th September 2007
Korean handball officials upset with referring decisions
Korean officials believe that they received unfair treatment from Jordanian referees at the Korean-Kuwait men’s handball match in Japan as they lost 28-20.
Members of the Korea Handball Federation are planning to visit the Kuwait Embassy in Seoul, handing in a statment of protest of the referree’s decision making.
Korea will have to win all three of its remaining games against Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Japan to move forward to the Beijing Olympics.
“We witnessed an unacceptable situation,” said the vice president of the Japan Handball Federation in an interview with a Japanese newspaper. “Should this situation continue, none of the East Asian countries would be able to participate in Olympic games forever.”
Read more: Unfair Decisions Spoil Olympic Preliminary



