Correction at 1745 KST, January 18:  The South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) said the North Korean squad to the Daegu Universiade Games in 2003 was made up of 303, not 306, participants. This article has been amended to reflect this.

North Korea will send a 230-member cheering squad to next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics and is seeking to use an overland route for the delegation’s trip south, Seoul’s unification ministry said on Wednesday.

North and South Korea held vice ministerial-level talks from 1000 KST at the Peace House on the southern half of Panmunjom to discuss the North’s participation in the