North, South Korea hockey players team up for Olympics

Female hockey players from the rival Koreas were paired up with each other Thursday to form their first-ever Olympic squad during next month's Pyeongchang Winter Games, as their countries press ahead with rare reconciliation steps following a period of nuclear tensions. Female hockey players from the rival Koreas have been paired up with each other to form their first-ever Olympic squad during next month's Pyeongchang Winter Games.A dozen North Korean hockey players crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea earlier Thursday, as a few dozen conservative activists shouted anti-Pyongyang slogans at a nearby border area.The North Koreans traveled on to a national athletes' village in southern South Korea, where they were welcomed by their South Korean teammates and Canadian coach Sarah Murray, who presented them flower bouquets in an outdoor welcoming ceremony.The Korean players later shouted We are one!" and took a group photo."