In January 2018, it was announced that the
South Korea women's national ice hockey team would be amalgamated with a group of
North Korean players to form a single
Korea women's national ice hockey team in the tournament. They competed under the country code "COR", from the abbreviation of
French word . (The country code "KOR" is already used for South Korea; the IOC uses "PRK" for North Korea.) The anthem which played when the Korea team played in international ice hockey is the folk song "
Arirang" instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea. The team's uniform featured the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea". Because of ongoing
U.S. sanctions against North Korea, the uniforms were made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor
Nike. The first match of the unified Korean women's ice hockey team was attended by various dignitaries, including
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach,
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean
President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam and North Korean Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the
Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong. == Competitors ==