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    North Korean Athletes Will March With South Koreans At Pyeongchang Olympics

    The two countries will also form a unified women's hockey team to compete in the Winter Olympics in February. The North will send a cheering squad to support its delegation.
    by Bill Chappell Jan 17, 2018 2 minutes
    With North Korea planning to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics, delegation head Jon Jong Su, vice chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, crosses the concrete border to attend a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.

    The details of how North Korea will participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea are still being worked out, but the two countries say their athletes will march together at the opening ceremony, under a unification flag.

    The two countries will also form a unified women's hockey team to compete at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

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