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The IOC has already picked the Australian city
as the preferred partner for hosting the Games.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un agreed to pursue the joint Olympics bid at their summit
in Pyongyang in late 2018.
But relations have soured since a summit between Kim and then
U.S. President Donald Trump in 2019 failed to reach agreement on
North Korea's denuclearisation, in which Moon had offered to
play a mediating role.
Seoul city said the host has not been finalised and it submitted
the proposal with a vision titled "Beyond the Line, Toward the
Future."
"The city government conveyed its legitimacy and need to co-host
the Olympics, stressing that it will realise the IOC's vision of
world peace through sports," it said in a statement.
When asked about whether the idea was shared with Pyongyang, a
city official told Reuters the proposal was the result of
intra-agency meetings and the Unification Ministry in charge of
inter-Korean affairs would seek discussions with the North.
A Unification Ministry official said the proposal was a move by
the city to highlight the significance of the two Koreas in
hosting the event.
The Moon administration is seeking to build on the Pyeongchang
Winter Olympics it hosted in 2018, during which athletes from
both Koreas marched under a unified flag at the opening ceremony
and fielded a combined women's ice hockey team.
South Korea has expressed hopes of reviving the momentum for
ties at this year's Tokyo Olympics. But Pyongyang has been
deriding Moon in recent weeks, dismissing the possibility of a
restart of talks.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; editing by John Stonestreet and Ken
Ferris)
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