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Two Koreas march together at Asian Games opening ceremony
JAKARTA, Aug 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – North and South Korea marched together
behind the Korean Unification flag at the Asian Games opening ceremony on
Saturday, in the latest demonstration of their rapprochement.
South Korean women’s basketball player Lim Yung-hui carried the blue and
white flag as the Korean athletes paraded into Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno
stadium.
It is the second such symbolic gesture this year by the two Koreas, who
also walked together at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony —
an event that heralded an unprecedented warming of ties.
The North and South, still technically at war, are also joining forces in
women’s basketball, canoeing and rowing during the 40-sport, two-week
regional Olympics.
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