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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
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Interviews How South Korean fans felt about an inter-Korean ice hockey matchMost spectators said they felt "no difference" between them and the North Korean players
Around 5,800 spectators attended an ice hockey match between the South Korean and North Korean women’s national ice hockey teams on Thursday night, held at the Gangneung Hockey Center in Gangneung, South Korea. One cheering squad consisting of around 500 South Koreans, who cheered both the DPRK and ROK teams and held up Korean Unification Flags bearing the image of the Korean Peninsula. No one was seen waving either North Korean or South Korean national flags, with only scores of people wearing hair bands carrying South Korean flags. The South Korean Committee for the Joint Implementation of the June 15 © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |