Archived South Korea Leader Hopes for Unified Olympic Team With the North (nytimes.com)
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Archived South Korea Leader Hopes for Unified Olympic Team With the North (nytimes.com)
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'Moon welcomed the North Korean taekwondo team to the South, which hoped to send its demonstration team to an International Taekwondo Federation competition to be held in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in September. '
'South Korean officials hope such a feat would held create a thaw on the Korean Peninsula after years of tensions spurred by the North’s nuclear and missile tests. '
'North Korea has yet to announce whether it wanted to attend the Pyeongchang Olympics. '
'If they form a unified team for the Pyeongchang Olympics, it would represent a major milestone in inter-Korean relations. '
'In South Korea, broadcasts of soccer matches are interspersed with English terms like “goal post,” “penalty kick” and “midfield.” In the North, where state linguists abhor foreign terminology, athletes use Korean translations not readily understandable to South Korean players. '
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