North and South Korea to march under united flag at the Winter Olympics

PyeongChang games will also see the first ever joint Korean team compete in women’s ice hockey

Korean unification flag
South Koreans wave Korean unification flags during a welcome ceremony at the World Student Games in 2003 
(Image credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

North Korean and South Korean athletes will walk together in the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month.

Following the first high-level talks between the two nations since 2015, South Korea’s Unification Ministry announced that a joint delegation will walk under the flag of Korean unification at the opening ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 9 February.

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