The games will be held in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and in Palembang from August 18 to September 2. The athletes from the Koreas will march under a neutral Korean peninsula flag and under the “Korea” name, the statement said. They will also hold a friendly basketball match – proposed by Kim, a fan of the sport, at his summit with Moon – in Pyongyang on July 4 and another in Seoul in the autumn. “The South and the North will continue to form unified teams for other international sporting events… while holding joint training to strengthen inter-Korea cooperation and exchanges,” said the statement. The two Koreas formed their first-ever unified Olympic team – a joint women’s ice hockey squad – for February’s games in the South Korean resort of Pyeongchang. The idea for a joint team initially sparked a backlash in the South on the grounds that Seoul was depriving its own athletes of the chance to compete. Ultimately, the sight of North and South Korean players wearing the same jerseys drew emotive responses from spectators and the squad quickly became an Olympic favourite despite being thrashed in all its matches. The rapprochement on the Korean peninsula was triggered earlier this year when Kim decided to send athletes, cheerleaders and his sister as an envoy to the Pyeongchang Games. Diplomatic efforts have gathered pace since then, leading to a landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore last week.
Published in Daily Times, June 20th 2018.
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