North and South Korean Teams to March as One at Olympics
North and South Korean Teams to March as One at Olympics
The Games will begin on Feb. 9 in Pyeongchang, South Korea,
and the women’s ice-hockey squad will be the first combined Korean team for the Olympics, and the first unified team since their athletes played together for an international table-tennis championship and a youth soccer tournament in 1991.
The president of the General Assembly, Miroslav Lajcak of Slovakia, said on Twitter: "Heartened by reports
that Koreans from DPRK & RoK will march together in @Olympics opening ceremony." The two countries also agreed on Wednesday that their skiing teams would train together in the Masikryong ski resort in North Korea.
17, 2018
HONG KONG — North and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to march their athletes together under one flag at
the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month and to field a joint women’s ice hockey team.
North Korea has agreed to send athletes to the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea,
but the Olympics have long been a window into geopolitics between the two sides.
South Korean athletes, who have far more resources
and Olympic experience than their counterparts from the North, have balked in the past at the idea of sacrificing their hard-earned prospects for the sake of parity with North Korea in a united team.
But the joint news statement said that the final number would be determined in Switzerland on Saturday,
when the International Olympic Committee is to bring together North and South Korean officials.
The Games will begin on Feb. 9 in Pyeongchang, South Korea,
and the women’s ice-hockey squad will be the first combined Korean team for the Olympics, and the first unified team since their athletes played together for an international table-tennis championship and a youth soccer tournament in 1991.
The president of the General Assembly, Miroslav Lajcak of Slovakia, said on Twitter: "Heartened by reports
that Koreans from DPRK & RoK will march together in @Olympics opening ceremony." The two countries also agreed on Wednesday that their skiing teams would train together in the Masikryong ski resort in North Korea.
17, 2018
HONG KONG — North and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to march their athletes together under one flag at
the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month and to field a joint women’s ice hockey team.
North Korea has agreed to send athletes to the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea,
but the Olympics have long been a window into geopolitics between the two sides.
South Korean athletes, who have far more resources
and Olympic experience than their counterparts from the North, have balked in the past at the idea of sacrificing their hard-earned prospects for the sake of parity with North Korea in a united team.
But the joint news statement said that the final number would be determined in Switzerland on Saturday,
when the International Olympic Committee is to bring together North and South Korean officials.
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