Medals for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games are seen during its unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's political tensions with North Korea and China are depressing ticket sales for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang, leaving hundreds of thousands of tickets unsold, the organiser said on Friday.
France said on Thursday its Winter Olympics team will not travel to South Korea if security cannot be guaranteed, as tensions escalate over North Korea's nuclear programme following its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 3.
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