North Korean athletes march in the snow during a welcome ceremony at the Paralympic athletes' village in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 8.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Jihye
Photos = Yonhap News
The North Korean Paralympic team officially checked in for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games on March 8 and has now embarked on its first journey at the Games.
Some 20 members attended the ceremony, including Jong Hyon, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, and wild card Nordic skiers Ma Yu Chol and Kim Jong Hyon. There were also four standby players and a coaching crew.
The team was welcomed together with the teams from Uzbekistan, China and Georgia. The KFPD vice president and Kim Jong Hyon presented a formal vase, similar to traditional Goryeo celadon, as a gift to the PyeongChang Paralympic Village Mayor Park Eun-soo. The vice chairman then wrote, "Prestige of our compatriots," on the Paralympic mural in the village.
Jong Hyon, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, and Nordic skier Kim Jong Hyon (center) present a formal vase to the PyeongChang Paralympic Village Mayor Park Eun-soo (right), during their welcoming ceremony in the snow at the athletes' village in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 8.
The athletes from the two countries will enter the stadium for the Opening Ceremony together on March 9, marching under the united Korea flag.
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