CGTN correspondent, Joseph Kim, is in Seoul and has more on the latest agreements by the two nations, as well an idea on how the public in the South have reacted.

JOSEPH KIM SEOUL "After months of escalating tensions, in a symbolic breakthrough, the DPRK and South Korea have agreed to march together under a "unified" flag and field a joint women's hockey team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Although the decision still needs to be approved by the International Olympics Committee, the move would mark the first time in 11 years Seoul and Pyongyang marched together under one flag and the first for a combined team in the Olympics. South Korea's Unification Ministry welcomed the decision.

CHUN HAE-SUNG VICE UNIFICATION MINISTER OF SOUTH KOREA "The DPRK and South Korea will make the Pyeongchang Olympics a festival of peace for the world; and the event can provide a chance to improve inter-Korean relations."

Despite the government's reaction, the move has been met with a mixed public reception here in South Korea. In a recent poll, only 40% of respondents wanted the DPRK and South Korea to march together using the unified flag while a petition has also been filed against a joint women's hockey team. The mixed reaction shows a generation gap that's growing in South Korea with a younger population that no longer feel the urgency for re-unification, that their grandparents once did. Still, a large majority of South Koreans have supported the DPRK's overall participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, especially with the possibility that it could help de-escalate tensions on the Peninsula, at least for the time being.