North Korean propaganda media marked Dokdo as “Korea’s” for the Japanese Olympics in “our territory” during the Pyeongchang Olympics, and turned it into a topic for negotiations between North Korea and Japan.
On the 7th, North Korean media 'Joseon Today' said, "Dokdo is Joseon's yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever. We strongly demand that the scheme to rob Dokdo be removed immediately,” he said in the name of an official from the Ministry of Sports.
North Korea's 'between our people' announced at the Pyeongchang Olympics on February 10, 2018 as 'national territory', saying, "Dokdo is a territory unique to our people on a legal basis." "Using the Korean flag with Dokdo is not a problem."
At a performance in Gangneung on February 8, the North Korean art troupe director Hyon Song-wol, who attended Pyeongchang, changed “Jeju-do Hannasan (Mt. Hallasan) is my homeland” to “Hannasan and Dokdo is my homeland” and called it “Dokdo is my homeland.”
The North Korean delegation then entered the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics on the 9th with the Korean Peninsula flag painted on it.
The North Korean cheering squad then cheered for the unified South and North Korean team at the women's ice hockey match on the 10th, holding the Korean Peninsula flag with Dokdo on it.
North Korean leader Hyon Song-wol sang “Dokdo is my homeland” again with the lyrics “Hannasando Dokdo is my homeland” at the National Theater performance in Seoul on the 11th.
At the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang on March 8, North Korea refused to join the South and North Korea, arguing that Dokdo could not be marked on the Korean flag.
South Korea prepared a joint position for the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Paralympic Games, and in accordance with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the symbol of Dokdo was removed from the Korean flag.
In a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Abe on February 9, 2018 at Haneda Airport prior to the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said, "North Korea is using the Olympics to its fullest in politics."
At a press conference on the 28th of last month, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu said, "Dokdo is clearly our own territory" in relation to South Korea's request to remove Dokdo from the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee's official map. It is unacceptable,” he said.
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said in the National Assembly's "Report on Current Issues for the Korea-US Summit" on the same day, "We will continue to take the strongest possible response to Japan's response to the labeling of Dokdo."
It was pointed out that Japan marked Dokdo as Japanese territory by marking a small dot above Cinema prefecture on the Tokyo Olympic torch relay map. said.
On April 6, North Korea announced its absence from the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus outbreak.
President Moon Jae-in first mentioned the relationship with Japan on the 6th in his memorial service on Memorial Day, saying, "The sacrifice of a beautiful young man Soo-hyun Lee who realized the love of humanity that crossed borders on the railroad tracks in Tokyo, Japan in 2001 will one day be revived in the spirit of cooperation between Korea and Japan."
Unification Minister Lee In-yong made an appearance on KBS on the 7th, saying, "Let's use the easing of sanctions on North Korea as a catalyst in the sense of enticing North Korea to come out quickly in the denuclearization negotiations." switched to promotion.