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Women’s Hockey Wednesday: Does a unified team help Korea?

Unified Korean women’s hockey team to play warm-up game against Sweden on Feb. 4 : North Korea : News : The Hankyoreh

Before we get into what is going to be a rant on why having a Korean unified women’s hockey team is ridiculous and insulting to the sport in general and the South Korean team in particular, we want to add a disclaimer. We are neither of us of Korean heritage, nor are we Korean residents. It is entirely possible that from the perspective of people from either North or South Korea, including at least some of the players on both teams, the chance that this symbolic move might be enough to even slightly improve relations between the two countries makes everything worth it.