DPRK Olympic team to cross border by land route

The delegation Pyongyang plans to send to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will take the Gyeongui Line land route to reach the Republic of Korea (ROK), according to the vice-ministerial inter-Korean talks held on Wednesday.

The athletes from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will go to Pyeongchang by overland route on Feb 1, while the other members of the delegation including Games officials, cheerleaders, journalists and a taekwondo demonstration team will arrive on Feb 7.

The return time shall be determined later by the two sides.

The Gyeongui Line, stretching 518 kilometers from Sinuiju, northwest of DPRK, to Seoul, the capital city of ROK, was once a crucial artery running through the Korean Peninsula. There's also a highway running along the route.