Official: Nuke test won't hurt bid for 2014 Winter Olympics

From: China Daily | Date: November 1, 2006 | Copyright information

For five decades, Kim Jin-sun's province has been agonizingly divided by an unsteady cease-fire on the Korean Peninsula.

While Pyongyang's recent nuclear test may have stalled plans for a unified Korean team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Kim, the governor of the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s part of Gangwon Province, says recent events won't stop him trying to use the Games to help foster unity between the two sides.

Kim is the executive president of the bid to host the 2014 Olympics...

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