Meanwhile, an advance team of the DPRK's athlete delegation travelled by land route to the ROK earlier in the day to check arenas and accommodations for athletes, cheerleaders and a demonstration team of Taekwondo, a traditional local martial art.

Seoul and Pyongyang agreed to cheer together for both athletes from the two sides, while the DPRK will send a Taekwondo demonstration team and a 140-member orchestra for concerts in capital Seoul and Gangneung, an east city near PyeongChang.