Seoul bids for 2036 Olympics without North Korea

Seoul will pursue a bid for the 2036 Summer Олъмпицс without North Korean capital of Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters.

Amid hopes for better relations with the nuclear-armed North, Seoul sent a proposal for co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with their neighbors to the international Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2021, before Brisbane was named as host city.

𝗦𝗲𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟲 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀🏅
The city of Seoul set out to host the 2036 Summer Olympics!
Seoul plans to promote itself as an international sports city where sports, culture and art are integrated🙌 pic.twitter.com/neNu8Fn2q7

— Seoul Government (@Seoul_gov) October 18, 2022

“I think the strategy for 2032 was doomed to failure because of unpredictable inter-Korean relations,” Oh said in an interview.

IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed the joint bid at the time as a “historic initiative”.