Will the Spirit of Korean Reunification Linger After the Olympics?

Ellen LaipsonFeb 27, 2018

North Korea’s Hwang Chung Gum and South Korea’s Won Yun-jong carry the flag of Korean unification during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 9, 2018 (AP photo by Vadim Ghirda).

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As the athletes marched in for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Sunday, it was hard to find the blue-and-white Korean unification flag. Rather than marching under that flag and in matching white uniforms, like they had for the opening ceremony, athletes from the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea waved their respective national flags and wore separate outfits. Was the spirit of unity from two weeks ago already gone? The diplomatic work to get the North Koreans to the Olympics as part of a single Korean delegation should not be confused with […]

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