Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by Olympic tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, the Greek team entered first. Other teams entered in
alphabetical order based on the names of countries in the
Korean language. Following tradition, the delegation from the host nation, South Korea, was scheduled to enter last. However, following solidarity negotiations with
North Korea, the host nation was instead represented by the unified Korean delegation, consisting of the
South Korean and
North Korean teams, marching under the
Korean Unification Flag. The names of the nations were announced in French, followed by English and Korean, the official languages of the
Olympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with traditional and
International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines. Background music included such Korean songs from throughout the ages from as old as the folk song
Arirang, to "Short Hair" by
Cho Yong-pil and "The Beauty" by
Shin Jung Hyun & Yup Juns of the 1970s, and modern
K-pop hits such as "
Gangnam Style" by
Psy, "
Likey" by
Twice, "
Fantastic Baby" by
Big Bang, "
DNA" by
BTS, and "
Red Flavor" by
Red Velvet. ==List==