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Koreas warm up for Winter Olympics, to march under common flag at the event

It will be the first time the two Koreas have marched together during the opening ceremony of an international sporting event since 2007

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North and South Korean athletes and delegation enter the field together waving a unification flag during the opening ceremonies of the 4th East Asian Games in 2005 Photo: reuters

Kanga Kong | Bloomberg
North and South Korea will march jointly under one unified flag during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the biggest sign yet of a detente after months of tensions over Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program.

The statement, made on Wednesday following the third round of talks in just over a week, said the two Koreas will form a joint women’s ice hockey team. They will also conduct some activities in North Korea, including a joint cultural event at Mount Geumgang and training for skiers from both countries at the Masikryong ski resort on the east coast.

It will be the first