Tale of two Korean flags From: The Malay Mail | Date: October 3, 2002 | Copyright 2002 The Malay Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

MILLIONS of South Korean viewers watched athletes from the South and North march hand in hand behind a single flag at Sunday's Asiad opening ceremony, just as they did during the Sydney Olympics two years ago.

The flag at the head of the delegation was the "Korean Peninsula" flag, a symbol of national reconciliation and inter-Korean unity that has been used since 1991 when the two sides fielded a joint team for the first time at the World Table Tennis Championships in Japan and the FIF...

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