Is the Korean Peninsula flag waving the PyeongChang Winter Olympics again?

"As long as (Korean and Korean athletes) can enter the stadium together, it is already very touching." Recalling the scene of sitting around the TV with his family more than ten years ago watching Korean and Korean athletes hold high the "Korean Peninsula Flag", Hong Mei, a Korean tour guide in his early forties, lamented.

Since 199 1 chiba 4 1 World Table Tennis Championships, Korean athletes held the "Korean Peninsula Flag" for the first time, similar classic scenes were common in the first decade of 2 1 century-the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2007 Changchun Asian Winter Games in China ... but in the past 60 years,

On the evening of February 9, the Korean and Korean delegations held high the "Korean Peninsula Flag" at the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Xinhua News Agency

At 7: 00 pm on February 9th, at the opening ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympics, North Korean female ice hockey player Huang and South Korean male snowmobile player Yuan Runzhong walked into the venue with the "Korean Peninsula Flag", reaffirming the national "people's agreement" between the two countries and the great appeal of the Olympic Games to peace to the world audience.

"The same nation cannot be like the enemy."

The most touching moment on the evening of the 9th came when the Korean delegation entered the stadium. When the delegation members * * * entered the venue with the "Korean Peninsula Flag", the audience stood up one after another, and prolonged applause resounded through the audience.

South Korean President Moon Jae in shook hands with Kim, the head of the DPRK high-level delegation and his sister, at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium that night, and the news spread to all corners of the world through the global media.

Before the opening of the Winter Olympics, "Korean wave fever" appeared in South Korea.

"From today, almost all channels will broadcast the Olympic Games, and other TV dramas will basically be postponed." On February 8th, Hong Mei, a Korean tour guide, told this newspaper (www.thepaper.cn) that in these TV pictures, every move of the DPRK delegation has become the focus of people's attention.

At 8: 00 pm on the 8th, the North Korean Sanchiyuan Orchestra, composed of several top artists from the North Korean Art Troupe, performed at Gangneung Art Center in South Korea. This "first show" after a lapse of 15 years is extremely hot, and even a scene where it is hard to get as high as 200: 1 has appeared.

Tickets for Seoul North Korea Sanchiyuan Orchestra 1 1 were also snapped up at the first time.

In addition to the North Korean Sanchiyuan Orchestra, there are also well-known North Korean cheerleaders and sports delegations. Among them, the Korean and Korean women's ice hockey teams are particularly concerned. This is the first time that the two countries have teamed up to participate in Olympic-level events since the Korean Peninsula split more than half a century ago.

"Now there is a feeling of' anchoring' North Korea." You Hongmei said.

In the middle of June 5438+ 10 this year, it took only two days from the official working talks between the DPRK and the ROK around the Winter Olympics in Panmunjom to the confirmation of the holding of the "Korean Peninsula Flag" and the formation of the women's ice hockey team. Not only that, the joint meeting of the DPRK Rodong Sinmun and the DPRK government's political parties and groups also rarely issued an appeal to all Korean people at home and abroad, advocating reunification.

"(Everything) came too suddenly." Hongmei has no relatives in North Korea. She thinks that she has always maintained certain objectivity and rationality in the DPRK-ROK relations. She believes that the DPRK-ROK relations cannot be deadlocked forever. "(We) are, after all, the same nation and cannot be like the enemy. Although it is not yet unified, it should be good if we get along like friends first. "

"We know that the sudden change of atmosphere can be confusing, especially considering that people are uneasy about North Korea's missile test a month ago." Yin Yongcan, chief secretary of the Propaganda Department of Cheongwadae, gave a positive attitude to these chaotic voices. In South Korea, about 8 million people, including President Moon Jae in, have relatives living in North Korea. "The Pyeongchang Olympic Games can go beyond reconciliation and provide clues for easing tensions and building peace on the Korean Peninsula."

"It's hard for young people to understand what you are going through."

Hongmei, who is in her forties, witnessed the coexistence of confrontation and dialogue between the North and the South in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the breakthrough progress in the DPRK-ROK relations at the beginning of the new century and the subsequent stagnation period.

Contrary to Hongmei's calmness and enthusiasm, it is difficult for her three children to feel close to North Korea.

"It's hard for you to make young people understand what you've been through." She said.

Some survey data also reflect a similar trend. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Unification Research Institute last year, among Koreans in their twenties, 7 1.2% have lower and lower recognition of the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. However, among the total population, the support rate remained at 57.8%, but it also declined compared with 69.3% four years ago.

"I was shocked," said former South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan. "Young people seem to think that North Korea is a stranger with nothing but an empty spoon."

Jin Xinghuan said, "In a sense, (Korean Peninsula Flag) is a way to weaken South Korea's sense of existence ... Although it is good for us to invite North Korea to participate in the Olympic Games and send cheerleaders, we must face the issue of South Korea's own national identity very seriously."

Xiao Li, a Korean student studying at Fudan University, still agrees with the goal of national reunification. She told the newspaper that although I don't know whether reunification can really be achieved, this goal must be achieved, and this Winter Olympics is a good exchange opportunity.