South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Chang Ung, North Korea's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, during an opening ceremony of 2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea June 24, 2017. Kim Joo-hyung/Yonhap via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) - A leading North Korean sports official believes it is too late to consider South Korean President Moon Jae-in's proposal to form a unified team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, saying that political tension must be resolved first.
At the opening of the World Taekwondo Championships in Muju on Saturday, Moon said he wanted the Koreas to compete as one team next year and highlighted the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships as an example of a previous merger.
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