North Korean athletes arrive in South Korea for Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — North Korean skiers and skaters arrived Thursday at a South Korean airport to participate in the Winter Olympics that has brought a temporary lull in tensions over their country's nuclear program.

The 32-member delegation led by North Korean Vice Sports Minister Won Kil U includes 10 athletes who were invited to compete in the alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating and shot-track speed skating events at the Pyeongchang Games.

Greeted by a barrage of camera flashes, the North Koreans — wearing fur hats and black coats — ignored reporters' questions and headed directly to buses parked outside the terminal amid a heavy police presence. They will go straight to the athletes' village in Gangneung.