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Hockey and Détente, Korean Style
Joint North and South Korea Olympic ice hockey team is to play a match for the first time
A joint North and South Korea Olympic ice hockey team is to play a match for the first time later today, but is sport being overshadowed by the diplomatic and political reasons behind the unification?
Also in the programme: A Formula 1 ‘Grid Girl’ on whether her job is sexist; and the reasons behind the UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ decision to appeal for hundreds of millions of dollars.
(Image: Members of North Korean women's ice hockey team (left) are welcomed by members of the South Korean team (right) as they arrive at South Korea's national training centre in Jincheon, South Korea on 25TH January 2018. Credit: AFP/Song Kyung-Seok)
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