North Korean ice-hockey player is flagbearer in Games ceremony

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - A North Korean women‘s ice-hockey player has been chosen to carry the unification flag with a South Korean athlete in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.The teams of North and South Korea will march together behind Hwang Chung Gum, one of 22 North Korean athletes at the Games, and South Korean bobsledder Won Jun Yong, a list of flagbearers published Friday showed.It is the fourth time the two Koreas are marching together at an Olympic opening ceremony, following Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Turin 2006.