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Koreas scrap plan to march together after flag dispute

HOPES that the rival Koreas would march under one flag as a unified team at a regional judo championship in Mongolia were dashed this weekend by a dispute over the flag.

The North Koreans opposed the design of the unification flag, depicting the Korean peninsula, because it left off two islands claimed by Japan but administered by Seoul.

North and South Korea have in recent months been co-operating for a series of conciliatory measures. During the Winter Olympics in February, the rival Koreas entered the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium together, under one flag, which was white with the blue peninsula in the middle.

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