The head coach of the South Korean women's ice hockey team says her squad was put in a difficult situation having to incorporate North Korean players just weeks before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Sarah Murray, speaking at the Jincheon National Training Center on Monday, said that while she had been given no choice about coaching a joint Korean team there had been no pressure on her to play the North Koreans in actual games.
The two Koreas agreed last week to field a combined women's ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month's Winter Olympics after a new round of talks amid a thaw in cross-border relations.
The International Olympic Committee said on Saturday that 12 North Korea players would join the South's 23-player squad. The game day roster will continue to be 22 and Murray has to include at least three North Koreans.
More details with Korean political commentator Jung-sik Seo.
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