The first-ever joint Korea women's ice hockey team played amid deafening cheers in its debut game at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the conciliatory mood taking precedence in an 8-0 defeat to Switzerland.The team, comprised of 23 players from the South and 12 players from the North, have become one of the focal points of these Winter Games amid hopes for continued dialogue and easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Although negotiations for rapprochement are still far from a reality, there was no denying the feel-good atmosphere in the arena on Saturday night. The crowd at Kwandong Hockey Centr…READ FULL ARTICLE
