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North and South Korea have confirmed they are to field a joint women’s ice hockey team and will march under a pro-unification flag at next month’s Winter Olympics, in the clearest sign yet of a thaw in tensions between the two countries.
Reports said the delegation would probably walk across the demilitarised zone, the heavily armed border separating the two Koreas, in a highly symbolic move.
“Inter-Korean relations have been strained for almost 10 years,” the North’s chief delegate, Jon Jong-su, said as the Panmunjom meeting started. “We hope that ties can open,” he added.
Pyongyang and Seoul must work out how the North Korean delegation – which could comprise up to 500 athletes, cheerleaders, musicians, officials and journalists – will cross the border into South Korea, and who will pay for their accommodation and other costs.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d-cheerleaders-to-winter-olympics-peace-games
Reports said the delegation would probably walk across the demilitarised zone, the heavily armed border separating the two Koreas, in a highly symbolic move.
“Inter-Korean relations have been strained for almost 10 years,” the North’s chief delegate, Jon Jong-su, said as the Panmunjom meeting started. “We hope that ties can open,” he added.
Pyongyang and Seoul must work out how the North Korean delegation – which could comprise up to 500 athletes, cheerleaders, musicians, officials and journalists – will cross the border into South Korea, and who will pay for their accommodation and other costs.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d-cheerleaders-to-winter-olympics-peace-games