In 2018, South Korea hosted the first Winter Olympics to feature a unified Korean team
The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang saw a historic moment of diplomacy as North and South Korean athletes marched together under a single flag, signaling a rare thaw in regional tensions.
A powerful symbol of unity took center stage during the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea. Athletes from both North and South Korea marched into the stadium together under the Korean Unification Flag, a white banner featuring a blue silhouette of the peninsula. This was the first time the two nations had formed a joint team for any Olympic Games, specifically in women's ice hockey.
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