North Korea will be at Pyeongchang Games says IOC member

An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is seen during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea will send a team to next year's Winter Olympics in neighbouring South Korea, the country's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member has said.

Pyeongchang will stage Asia's first Winter Games outside Japan next year, kicking off an Olympic cycle that reflects the continent's growing influence on sport with Tokyo hosting the 2020 Summer Games and Beijing the 2022 Winter Olympics.