North and South Korea are in talks to create a joint women’s hockey team for next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, signalling the first ever unified Korean Olympic team.
If approved by the International Olympic Committee, this would mark the third occasion for North and South Korea teaming up for sporting events.
The bilateral talks coincide with the first formal communications between the countries in two years, in which North Korea agreed to send an Olympic delegation and hold military talks aimed at reducing frontline hostility.