North, South Korea sign unification flag to team up at table tennis event

The two Korean countries teamed-up for contesting on the third position in the Championship held at Sweden's Halmstad

ANI  |  Seoul 

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The South Korean and North Korean teams receive an ovation Thursday at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden | Photo: Twitter

The was signed by members of the joint Korean women's table tennis team at the

The flag features a blue against a white background. The flag is being used in such tournaments where a unified is fielded off to participate.

The two teamed-up for contesting on the third position in the Championship held at Sweden's Halmstad.

Initially, North and South Korea were scheduled to play against each other in the semi-finals though hours before the event was scheduled to take place, the two Koreas decided to participate as a single team.

The Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) will commemorate the occasion by displaying the signed flag which is 2 meters wide and 3 meters long, at the Museum in Shanghai, China.

Earlier prior to the 'historic' inter-Korean summit various local governments of both the countries had put-up the in parts of the as they wished for better relations in the peninsula.

A flag was hoisted along a road in the border city of Paju, north of Seoul.

First Published: Sun, May 06 2018. 15:21 IST