North and South Korea Officially Launch Joint Bid to Host the 2032 Olympics

The government in Seoul, South Korea has notified the International Olympic Committee of its bid to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games with Pyongyang, North Korea. 

According to multiple Korean news outlets, the Seoul metropolitan government filed the bid with the IOC’s Future Host Commission last week. 

Although the IOC previously announced Brisbane, Australia as the preferred host for the games, governmental leaders are calling on the committee to reopen bids for consideration. 

As the preferred host for the Games, Brisbane is not guaranteed the Olympic hosting job. Instead, the city has moved into the IOC’s “targeted dialogue” phase of the discussion around the 2032 Games, setting it apart from other potential host cities.

“The IOC selected Australia’s Brisbane as the preferred host for the 2032 Summer Olympics in a surprise move announced on Feb. 25. The South Korean government and the Seoul city immediately expressed regrets at the decision and held consultations with the IOC, leading to the presentation of the co-hosting proposal,” the metropolitan government said.

North and South Korea previously announced their joint bid to host the Olympics in 2018, when the countries’ leaders signed the Pyongyang Joint Declaration. However, the two countries did not officially pursue the bid until now. The countries’ original proposal to host the games “elaborated on the realization of global peace through sports and other positive ripple effects from the co-hosting of the Olympics by Seoul and Pyongyang.” In addition, it centered around five major concepts, including cost reduction and minimal environmental damage, inter-Korean connection and peace and a combination of cutting-edge technologies and Korean culture.

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Christine Scott
3 years ago

Seriously? Why would the IOC award the Olympics to North Korea with their absolutely atrocious record of human rights abuses?

SwimmerNotSwammer
Reply to  Christine Scott
3 years ago

I mean they did it for China…

Doconc
3 years ago

Good chance woke world will embrace this as bipartisan, reaching across the aisles

Hard pass for me

swimapologist
Reply to  Doconc
3 years ago

The “woke world” weren’t the ones who said they “fell in love” with the North Korean dictator.

It’s ok to admit that you’ve broken with your lord and savior Donald Trump on an issue. You don’t have to blame it on “the woke world” to confess your disagreement with the former president.

Doconc
Reply to  swimapologist
3 years ago

To my personal tick who comments on every post-

Who chose Iran to negotiate with?
Rejoined ineffective climate accords?
Ignored China but gave money to Wuhan lab?

I’ve never posted a word about trump
But keep hoping I will!

Crown
3 years ago

Didn’t know it was still April fools day

Verram
3 years ago

It will be great if they win the Olympic bid over Brisbane … not really liking Brisbane and Queenslanders behaviour at the moment during Covid

FST
3 years ago

So… clearly South Korea doesn’t want to host the Olympics.

They can’t possibly win this bid. BUT it’s a clever political ploy probably. They’d need a lot of infrastructural information etc. from NK to work out the presentation.

200 SIDESTROKE B CUT
3 years ago

No.

Gheko
3 years ago

Better than launching missiles!

Here Comes Lezak
3 years ago

I don’t know what to do with my hands

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