Representatives of the DPRK and South Korea agreed that at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, the joint delegation of the two countries will come out under the united flag, RIA Novosti reports on January 17,. To this decision, the Koreans came after long negotiations in the village of Panmundjon, located on the line of demarcation between states. Thus, demonstrating the desire for national reunification, the teams of the South and the North will march through the stadium under the white flag with the image of the blue contour of the Korean peninsula on it. Probably, this will be the same banner with which the Koreans went to the opening of the Olympic Games-2000, -2004 and 2006. Also in the joint statement released, it is noted that at the 2018 Games, the DPRK and South Korea will form a single team in women's hockey and will conduct joint training at the North Korean ski resort Masikrong. In addition, in Pyeongchang there will be an exhibition of masters of Taekwondo from North Korea.

Became known and the number of the Olympic team of the DPRK. It will include 150 people who will start arriving in South Korea on February 1. A week later 230 fans and journalists will visit there.

Earlier, the negotiators agreed to speak at the Olympics and the Paralympic Games of the North Korean orchestra consisting of 140 people. The "Diamond Mountains" - Kumgangsan in the DPRK - will host joint cultural events of the two Korean states. Recall negotiations on the participation of North Korean athletes in the Winter Games started on January 9 after the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un made a sensational New Year's address. In addition to the joyful announcement that he has a nuclear button, he expressed the desire to send a delegation to the Olympics in South Korea. In the resultant village of Panmunjon, the first negotiations of Seoul and Pyongyang started in 2015 at the level of ministers responsible for the national association.