Korean Hockey Teams Play Together in Show of Unity
- Female athletes compete as one team in Olympic warm-up
- Pyongyang attacks U.S. for trying to chill detente with Seoul
Unified Korean team against Sweden on Feb. 4.
Photographer: Kim Hong-Ji/AFP via Getty Images
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Women ice hockey players from North Korea and South Korea donned the same uniform Sunday as their countries momentarily set aside months of tensions on the peninsula over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile advancements.
After losing to Sweden, 1-3, in a friendly match ahead of this week’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the unified team held its first media briefing during which players were asked if there was enough time for the athletes to compete well.