The US has said it hopes that North Korea's decision to participate in the Winter Olympics, along with South Korea, will give it a "taste of freedom" and its leadership would see the value in ending its international isolation over its nuclear ambitions.<br/><br/>For the first time in over a decade, the two Koreas yesterday agreed to march together under a single flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics Games, to be held in Pyeongchang in South Korea later this year, in a show of unity and further sign of easing tensions on the peninsula amid growing diplomatic negotiations between the two countries. They also decided to field a united women's ice hockey team.<br/><br/>Pole vault legend Sergey Bubka also welcomed the decision to march under one flag and attributed the positive development to power of sport.

The US has said it hopes that North Korea's decision to participate in the Winter Olympics, along with South Korea, will give it a "taste of freedom" and its leadership would see the value in ending its international isolation over its nuclear ambitions.<br/><br/>For the first time in over a decade, the two Koreas yesterday agreed to march together under a single flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics Games, to be held in Pyeongchang in South Korea later this year, in a show of unity and further sign of easing tensions on the peninsula amid growing diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.They also decided to field a united women's ice hockey team.<br/><br/>