- Title: Koreas to form unified ice hockey team, march together in Olympics
- Date: 17th January 2018
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (JANUARY 17, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT COMPLEX (NIGHT SHOT) SOUTH KOREAN FLAG HANGING FROM FLAGPOLE (NIGHT SHOT) VICE MINISTER OF SOUTH KOREAN UNIFICATION MINISTRY AND HEAD OF SOUTH KOREAN DELEGATION, CHUN HAE-SUNG, ENTERING NEWS BRIEFING ROOM AND BOWING CHUN SPEAKING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) VICE MINISTER OF SOUTH KOREAN UNIFICATION MINISTRY AND HEAD OF SOUTH KOREAN DELEGATION, CHUN HAE-SUNG, SAYING: "South and North Korea will march together under one flag at the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and field a combined women's ice hockey team." JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) VICE MINISTER OF SOUTH KOREAN UNIFICATION MINISTRY AND HEAD OF SOUTH KOREAN DELEGATION, CHUN HAE-SUNG, SAYING: "North Korea will send a 230-member cheering squad and they will cheer events of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and games of South and Korean athletes and perform a joint cheering event with South Korean cheering squad." JOURNALISTS CHUN STANDING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) VICE MINISTER OF SOUTH KOREAN UNIFICATION MINISTRY AND HEAD OF SOUTH KOREAN DELEGATION, CHUN HAE-SUNG, SAYING: "Prior to the Games, North and South Koreas will carry out a joint cultural event at the Mount Kumgang resort and joint training for North and South Korean skiers at the North's Masik Pass resort." CHUN BOWING TO JOURNALISTS AND LEAVING
- Embargoed: 31st January 2018 16:15
- Keywords: South Korea North Korea inter-Korea talks Winter Olympics Pyeongchang ice hockey
- Location: SEOUL AND PANMUNJOM, DEMILITARISED ZONE, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL AND PANMUNJOM, DEMILITARISED ZONE, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Olympics,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0017YI4BBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The two Koreas will field a combined women's ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said on Wednesday (January 17), after a new round of talks amid a thaw in cross-border ties.
Chun Hae-sung, the South's chief negotiator in the talks, made the announcement at a news conference and said both countries would participate in joint cultural events and training for their ski teams.
North and South Korea have been talking since last week about the Olympics, offering a respite from a months-long standoff over Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear and missile programs, although Japan urged caution over the North's "charm offensive."
The two Koreas will compete as a unified team in the Olympics for the first time, though they have joined forces at other international sports events before. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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