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North Korea has agreed to send a 140-member orchestra to the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea next month.

The two sides are discussing plans for the North's delegation at Panmunjom village in the demilitarised zone (DMZ), also known as the truce village.

North Korea announced last week that it would send a delegation to the Games in the South - easing months of tensions.

Relations have been strained between the two Koreas over the North's missile tests and nuclear programme.

North Korea has participated in several Olympic Games before, but never in South Korea. It boycotted the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

Many of the orchestra’s song lyrics speak of praise for the country's leadership - past and present.

 

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