The Failure to Co-host the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics

Download or read book The Failure to Co-host the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics written by Kilian Mousset and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wider context of the Cold War in the 1980s, a rare exception was a proposal for the potential co-hosting of the 1988 Summer Olympics between Seoul (South Korea) and Pyongyang (North Korea). While diplomatic exchanges between the two countries in other areas had produced inconclusive results, a series of joint meetings were organised by the International Olympic Committee to facilitate North Korean participation in the Games while preventing any action that might undermine the Games' organisation. This historical analysis of these tripartite meetings aims to reconsider the frequently essentialist position of North Korea as a 'Games saboteur'.