South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday that North Korea's 24-member delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics will come to the South the following morning.
The North's 20-member athletic delegation and four-member team of National Paralympic Committee officials are expected to cross the border Wednesday morning, according to Seoul's unification ministry.
(Yonhap)
"Among them, eight North Koreans have a disability -- six athletes, one NPC member and a sign language interpreter," an official at Seoul's unification ministry said.
Jong Hyon, a vice chairman of the central committee of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, will lead the athletic delegation with six athletes. Kim Mun-chol, chairman of the KFPD, will represent the four-member NPC delegation.
The International Paralympic Committee has invited North Korea to the Paralympic Games and offered two bipartite slots to athletes to compete in Para Nordic skiing events. Sit-skiers Kim Jong-hyon and Ma Yu-chol were given the spots.
The March 9-18 Paralympics will be the first Winter Paralympic Games at which North Korea has participated.(Yonhap)