‘The Pyongyang Olympics’ - Backlash in South Korea over plans to march with North at Winter Olympics By Nicola Smith, in taipei 19 JANUARY 2018 • 9:54AM A landmark decision to unify the Korean Peninsula under a common flag and by fielding a joint ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics in February has sparked a sharp public backlash in the South. The symbolic gestures, agreed by North and South Korean negotiators earlier this week, during the first diplomatic talks in over two years, were intended to add to hopes of an eventual easing of international tensions over Kim Jong-un’s...