South Korea on Saturday requested North Korea to explain why it abruptly canceled plans to send a delegation over the weekend to prepare for a visit by an art troupe during next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said that the countries could hopefully reschedule a visit soon.
South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon speaks at the Unification Ministry in Seoul
Cheap Phil Kessel Hat , South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. South Korea has requested North Korea to explain why it abruptly canceled plans to send a delegation over the weekend to prepare for a visit by an art troupe during next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Park Dong-jooYonhap via AP)
North Korea also hasn't responded to the South Korean proposal to send a 12-member delegation to the North on Tuesday to inspect preparations for a joint cultural event at the North's scenic Diamond Mountain and a training session between non-Olympic skiers at the North's Masik ski resort ahead of the Olympics.
"Since we are fully ready for the visit of the North Korean advance team and their activities, it would be possible for the South and North to set up a new schedule and carry on (with the preparations)
Cheap Patric Hornqvist Hat , " Cho told reporters at the ministry in capital Seoul.
The ministry said North Korea didn't explain why it was "suspending" the visit by the seven-member advance team that was agreed just hours earlier on Friday through a cross-border hotline. It wasn't immediately clear whether the two-day visit, which was to begin on Saturday, was canceled or just postponed.
It was supposed to be led by the art troupe's leader Hyon Song Wol. She also heads the hugely popular girl band Moranbong.
Hyon has been the focus of intense South Korean media interest since she attended inter-Korean talks at the border on Monday that reached agreement on the troupe's visit. Hyon's gestures during the talks as well as her makeup, looks, navy blue suit and green shoulder bag received widespread coverage.
The reconciliation mood between the Koreas began after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in a New Year's speech that he was willing to send a delegation to the Olympics.
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BEIJING
Cheap Evgeni Malkin Hat , Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences announced Tuesday the six greatest archeological discoveries of the country in 2017.
"The most valuable part of archeology lies in the information of human activity unravelled from the ruins," said Chen Xingcan, director of the Institute of Archaeology.
The six findings contain information on human activity over a time span of more than 40,000 years.
ANCESTORS CAME AFAR
From a cave at the crossroads of China, central Asia and Europe
Cheap Kris Letang Hat , archeologists found remains dating back 3,500 to 45,000 years. It is the first Paleolithic cave site found in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The processing method for an oval stone scraper with a sharp edge found in the cave was similar to that for artifacts from cultures in the western part of the Eurasia Continent.
This finding could help decode cultural exchange between both ends of Eurasia, and understand the migration of human ancestors, according to experts.
HIERARCHY EMERGED
Surface structures and half crypt buildings
Cheap Conor Sheary Hat , defensive walls and trenches, and jade artifacts were found in a prehistoric settlement from about 5,000 to 4,600 years ago in today's Shandong Province, eastern China.
Archeologists found pottery and jade vessels in the tombs ruins
Cheap Tom Kuhnhackl Hat , which were used in sacrifice ceremonies and banquets by the ruling class to distinguish themselves from the common people, according to the archeologists.
The Neolithic relics showed the accelerating polarization of the rich and the poor, and the yawning gap among people of different social status.
RICE DISCOVERED
Archeologists found carbonized rice and millet in a middle and late Neolithic relics dating back 5,800 to 4,300 years in today's east China's Fujian Province.
Abundant grain remains overturned the current idea that prehistoric humans relied on hunting instead of farming
Cheap Greg McKegg Hat , and five graves found in the ruins could help discover what the people at the time did for employment.
The relics also filled in archeological gaps in the northwestern part of Fujian between the middle and late Neolithic era and early dynasties including the Shang (1300 B.C.-1046 B.C.) and Zhou (1046 B.C.-771 B.C.).
BRONZE FOUND
Over half a century ago, nearly 100 pieces of bronze vessels were unearthed in Jingshan County in central China's Hubei Province, leading to the discovery of an unrecorded ancient state -- Zeng State, dating back about 2,700 years.
As more relics were uncovered
Cheap Bryan Rust Hat , the mystery of the state gradually came to light. Last year, a bronze pot was discovered, proving that metal used to be transported from the south to the capital of the Zhou dynasty in the north.
Archeologists believe that the large scale of bronze relics found in the remains indicates the Zeng State was most probably in charge of the smelting, production and transportation of bronze utensils of the Zhou Dynasty.
ETHNIC CULTURE REVEALED
A wagon team consisting of five chariots and 16 horses was excavated last year from a horse and chariot pit in Xingtang County, Hebei Province
Cheap Justin Schultz Hat , revealing the story of the Rong and Di, two major ethnic groups that emerged on what is now Chinese territory.
Beside the pit, the relics that dated back from the late Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.) to the mid-Warring States period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) included caves where the heads and hooves of a large number of cattle, sheep and horses were buried in different layers.
Bronze utensils and pottery that originated from the central plains where the Huaxia ethnic group stemmed Make a profit ho.