The 12 ice hockey athletes made their way from The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) into the Republic of Korea (ROK) where they joined new teammates for the upcoming Olympics. Making the first joint Women’s ice hockey team. Many see this as an effort to lessen the political tension between the two countries.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a byproduct of the 1953 Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State, in which a buffer zone (the DMZ) divides the neighboring countries of North and South Korea, in an attempt to establish peace, order, and a clearly defined border between the warring nations.
