* Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon said North could stop the games starting
* He said if the North 'provokes' the South in February next year, it would be 'fatal'
* Therefore, he said, it is important to stage the games 'in a stable atmosphere'
* Comes a day after the North fired yet another intercontinental ballistic missile
North Korea could deal a 'fatal blow' to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea if it launches a missile before the event, a minister for the host country has warned.
Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon made the remarks as reports said annual South Korea-US military exercises might be postponed to avoid coinciding with the winter games and Paralympics in South Korea's Pyeongchang.
'If the North provokes again at a time when the Olympic Games are imminent, it may deal a fatal blow to the Olympics,' he said at a forum in Seoul.
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WNU Editor: The games will go on, it is the tourists and some athletes who may stay away.
