Rival Koreas agree to form first unified Olympic team

People pass by posters showing the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic mascots in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. North Korea plans to send a 230-member cheering squad to South Korea as part of its delegation to next month's Winter Olympics, Seoul officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of conciliatory gestures the North has abruptly taken recently following a year of heightened nuclear tension. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Seoul, South Korea • The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremony of next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, officials said.

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