(18 Aug 2018) South and North Korea marched together at the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday, marking the second time in six months that the two were united behind one flag at an international sporting competition.
South Korean female basketball player Lim Yung-hui and North Korean football player Ju Kyong-chol together carried the Korean Unification Flag - a blue Korean Peninsula again a white background -- during the Parade of Athletes at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium.
In February this year, the Koreas also had a joint march at the opening ceremony for the Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics in the South.
According to the organizers, South Korea has sent 807 athletes, and North Korea has 168 athletes here.
There are 45 participating nations, but 44 marched at the opening ceremony after the two Koreas were combined as simply "Korea."
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