On February 9, the 23rd Winter Olympic Games officially opened in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The joint entrance of the Korean Peninsula Flag at the opening ceremony by the Korean and Korean Winter Olympic delegations will once again become a classic.
This is also the "Korean Peninsula Flag" once again flying in the Winter Olympics after 12 years. In fact, in addition to the current Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games and the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games in Italy, the "Korean Peninsula Flag" has also been flying in the fields of the two Summer Olympic Games and six other sports events.
1991 Chiba Table Tennis World Championships, Japan
In 1991, at the 41st World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, Korean and Korean athletes jointly formed a team and jointly held the "Korean Peninsula Flag" for the first time. In that year, the strength of the athletes of both countries was quite good, and the Korean United Team finally won the championship, which also broke the consecutive record of the Chinese women's team.
1991 World Youth Football Championship Lisbon, Portugal
In June 1991, at the 6th World Youth Football Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal, the DPRK and the ROK teamed up again and scored in the top eight under the "Korean Peninsula Flag".
2000 Sydney Olympics, Australia
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A more influential classic scene appeared at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. In the eyes of 110000 spectators and the world, the athletes of the two countries wore the same black suit and white pants for the first time. Representatives of the athletes of the two countries (Korean men's judo coach Park Jung chul and Korean women's basketball player Jung Yin soon) jointly held the "Korean Peninsula Flag" and entered the arena. The background music replaced the national anthem with the folk song "Arirang".
This is the first time that the "Korean Peninsula Flag" has appeared in the Olympic Games, stunning the world.
2002 Busan Asian Games, South Korea
In 2002, the flame of the Busan Asian Games was collected at Junjun Peak in Baitoushan, North Korea, and Jeju Island, South Korea. About a dozen South Korean personnel took part in the collection of the sacred flame in North Korea's Mount Baitou. Subsequently, the organizing committee of the Busan Asian Games combined the two sacred fires into one.
At the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Busan that year, the last athletes from the north and south of the Korean Peninsula to enter the stadium, wearing the same uniform, held high the "Korean Peninsula Flag", and under the leadership of two flag bearers (Korean women's soccer player Lee Jung hee and South Korean man's athlete Huang Fusheng), they entered the stadium together, making a good story.
2004 Athens Olympic Games, Greece
At the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the athletes of the two countries joined hands again as the 84th delegation under the "Korean Peninsula Flag". This is the second time that the two Koreas have jointly formed a team to participate in the Summer Olympics.
2005
Macao East Asian Games
In 2005, at the opening ceremony of the East Asian Games in Macao, the Korean and South Korean delegations joined hands again. The South Korean men's basketball player Liang Xizhong and the North Korean women's basketball player Lv Hongshun reappeared the "South Men and North Women" combination, holding the "Korean Peninsula Flag" together to lead the way and act as flag bearers.
2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar
At the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Korean women's soccer player Lee Kum Sook and South Korean men's basketball player Lee Kyu sub reproduced the story of "South men and North women", together holding the "Korean Peninsula Flag", leading the athletes of the two countries to join hands.
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy
At the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, athletes from the DPRK and the ROK also followed the "Korean Peninsula Flag", which was the first time in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.
2007 China Changchun Asian Winter Games
The last joint entrance of athletes from the two countries in international sports events was at the 2007 Changchun Asian Winter Games.
2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, South Korea
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On February 9, 11 years later, the "Korean Peninsula Flag" appeared again in large-scale competitions. The Korean and Korean Winter Olympic delegations jointly held the "Korean Peninsula Flag" to participate in the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games and made their final debut.
On January 20, the International Olympic Committee hosted the talks between the two Koreas on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The two Koreas decided to send a flag bearer to the opening and closing ceremonies to jointly hold the Korean Peninsula flag. The selection of flag bearers continues the tradition of "South men and North women". This year, the 33 year old South Korean bobsled player Yuan Runzhong, known as "the first brother of snowmobile", is the flag bearer of the South Korean side, while the flag bearer of the North Korean side is the Korean player Huang Zhongqin of the South Korean women's ice hockey team.
