North Korean athletes allowed through demilitarized zone to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

North Korean athletes will be allowed to travel through the demilitarized zone to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea as a peace gesture. The buffer zone between North and South Korea, around 2.5 miles wide, is off limits to civilians from either country, with millions of troops on either side. But Winter…