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Koreas to form unified ice hockey team

North and South Korea will join forces in a combined women's ice hockey team and match under a unified flag at next month's Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

The two Koreas have agreed during rare talks to form a combined women's ice hockey team to take part in next month's Winter Olympics in the South, and march together under a unified peninsula flag at the opening ceremony, a joint statement released by Seoul's unification ministry said.

North Korea will send a 550-member delegation, including 230 cheerleaders, 140 artists and 30 Taekwondo players for a demonstration, the statement said.

The delegation is scheduled to begin arriving in South Korea on January 25, the statement said.


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