The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will next week convene a meeting with North and South Korean representatives to discuss the potential for joint sporting activities in the run-up to, and including, the next Summer Olympic Olympic Games in Japan, the IOC announced on Thursday.

The announcement of the working meeting, which will take place on February 15, comes almost one year to the day of the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, which was hosted by South Korea.

The games witnessed inter-Korean participation and acted as a platform which facilitated North Korea’s engagement with the South and, subsequently, other