The joint event that had been planned by North Korea and South Korea got cancelled following North Korean allegation that South Korean Media is biased towards them.
The joint cultural programme that had been planned was scheduled to happen on February 4 accusing the South’s media of encouraging biased public sentiment towards the North,
Pyongyang’s decision on the scheduled event on Mount Kumgang during the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games was announced late on Monday, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Tuesday.
North Korea alleged that South Korean media had been biased towards them especially regarding the march being planned by North Korea.
For weeks, South Korean media have been analysing satellite images showing Pyongyang’s rehearsals for a large military parade, scheduled for the day before the opening of the PyeongChang Olympic Games.
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Both Koreas have agreed to march together for the first time in more than a decade.
Some politicians from South Korea also opposed this military parade accusing it to be a form of provocation.
The year 2017 was marked by the North’s consistent weapons tests and the US President Donald Trump’s belligerent rhetoric and threats, which the talks at the beginning of 2018 tried to ease.
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