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FEMALE hockey players from the rival Koreas were paired up with each other today to form their first-ever Olympic squad during next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games, as their countries press ahead with rare reconciliation steps following a period of nuclear tensions.
A dozen North Korean hockey players wearing white-and-red winter parkas crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea early today, as about 30-40 conservative activists shouted anti-Pyongyang slogans at a nearby border area.
The North Koreans travelled on to a national athletes’ village in southern South Korea, where they were welcomed by their South Korean teammates and Canadian coach Sarah Murray, who presented them with flower bouquets in an outdoor welcoming ceremony.
