Korea: Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games

Lee Eun-Ju of South Korea, right, takes a selfie with Hong Un Jong of North Korea, left,in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters
Lee Eun-Ju of South Korea, right, takes a selfie with Hong Un Jong of North Korea, left,in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters

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 in rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom.

These are the first high-level talks between the countries in more than two years.

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