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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY 2018 Sport 23 OLYMPICS Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly to rather cloudy, with the possibility of an isolated shower at first, becoming partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: East Northeast force 4 to 5, locally force 5 at first, becoming East force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 in the evening SEA: Rough becoming moderate Swell: Low to moderate West Northwest at fi rst, becoming low and then becoming mainly Northeast A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. PARTLY CLOUDY 15 º C /11 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Flat paving stones 6. Female lion 8. Prickly plant 9. Gone by 10. Metal filament 12. Strike forcefully 15. Incline head 16. The outdoors 18. Child's vehicle 19. Past tense of stand Down 1. Short nap 2. Against 3. Narrow openings 4. Country bumpkin 5. Be wary of 7. Butter biscuit 11. Wirelesses 13. Bingo 14. Fruit 17. Ammunition cxd5 a4 Bb4# North Korea participation to highlight opening ceremony NORTH Korea's participation at next month's Winter Olym- pics will form an integral part of an opening ceremony that will highlight a key message of peace, Games organisers said yesterday. The 2018 Winter Olympics are being held in the moun- tainous resort town of Pyeo- ngchang, 80 km (49.71 miles) from the heavily-fortified inter-Korean border, and kick off with the opening ceremony on Feb. 9. Song Seung-whan, who is serving as the executive crea- tive director for the Pyeo- ngchang ceremonies, said peace had been set as the main motif of the opening gala even before North Korea decided to join the Games. "We have worked on all of our scenarios under the theme of peace," Song, a renowned actor and producer, told a news conference in Pyeo- ngchang. "Although North Korea's participation was decided belatedly, we think this will serve as a good opportunity for us to convey our message more clearly." North Korea's presence at the Games had been speculated over for months amid height- ened tensions surrounding Pyongyang's contentious nu- clear and ballistic missile pro- gramme. However, in a dramatic turn of events, the Koreas agreed to parade together at the opening ceremony and form a unified team to compete in women's ice-hockey. Lee Hee-beom, president of the Pyeongchang Organ- izing Committee, added that the ceremonies remained largely unchanged following the North's decision to par- ticipate, except for a joint en- trance of Korean athletes un- der a single flag. The opening ceremony is ex- pected to intertwine Korean history and tradition with as- pects of modern culture, such The Olympic rings at the Alpensia resort for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea