A joint North and South Korean hockey team is competing in the Winter Olympics – but it isn’t the first time the two foes have joined forces.
In 1991, they sent a unified team to the World Table Tennis Championships. That was where South Korean champ Hyun Jung-hwa met the North’s Ri Pun-hui.
The two friends led their team to sporting glory and were then separated forever. This is their story.
Interview by Woongbee Lee. Video by Jungmin Choi and Tessa Wong.
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