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| Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games | |
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| North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single "unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South. | |
| They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom. | They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom. |
| These are the first high-level talks between the two Koreas in more than two years. | |
| The Games will take place between 9-27 February in Pyeongchang in South Korea. | The Games will take place between 9-27 February in Pyeongchang in South Korea. |
| Both South Korea's hockey coach and conservative newspapers had expressed concern about the prospect of a united hockey team, saying it could damage South Korea's chances of winning a medal. | |
| Tens of thousands of people are said to have signed online petitions urging President Moon Jae-in to scrap the plan. | |
| Japan has also viewed the latest detente with suspicion, saying the world should not be blinded by Pyongyang's recent "charm offensive". | |
| The talks follow recent rapid advances in the North's nuclear and conventional weapons programmes. |