Olympic Diplomacy: Unified DPRK-ROK women's ice hockey team loses in historic debut

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The joint DPRK-South Korean women's ice hockey team suffered an 8-0 defeat against Switzerland at the Winter Olympics on Saturday but while the unified team lost in their debut game, they easily won over the crowd.

MARK ADAMS IOC PRESIDENT'S SPOKESMAN "For us obviously, and for most people, the most significant was the Korea team, the joint team yesterday, I mean, and also - you can't fail to have noticed that, you know, we're very happy with this. This was a kind of a chance, if you like, for trialogue."