# Did North and South Korea march as one at the olympics again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216 "2004-08-17T08:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LuckySevens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@LuckySevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckySevens)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/1 "2004-08-17T08:13:47Z")
I remember in Sydney they marched together. Did they do it again? ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/2 "2004-08-17T09:48:04Z")
Yes they did. They walked under the same flag and the athletes were introduced as being from Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/3 "2004-08-17T09:50:26Z")
Yup, the subject comes up in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271249) somewhere around post 15. **Ponster** stop stealing my thunder šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/4 "2004-08-17T09:54:41Z")
> [@Cat Jones](#): > > **Ponster** stop stealing my thunder šŸ˜‰ No problem babe šŸ™‚ Actually I did a quick search for that thread but couldnā€™t find it so reckoned that it must have been a different messageboard ! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/5 "2004-08-17T13:10:02Z")
Ooh you old message board floozy you ! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/6 "2004-08-17T17:12:43Z")
Actually I think they were introduced as ā€œKoreasā€ instead of ā€œKoreaā€. At least thatā€™s how NBC listed them. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/7 "2004-08-17T17:57:38Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Actually I think they were introduced as ā€œKoreasā€ instead of ā€œKoreaā€. At least thatā€™s how NBC listed them. ā€¦and presumably Fox introduced them as the ā€œAxes of Evilā€ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/8 "2004-08-17T19:22:36Z")
Question: I know there is a movement in both Koreas to unite as one but just how strong is it in South Korea? Iā€™ve read some articles and seen some programs that would seem to indicate itā€™s pretty popular but I have no idea as to how reputable they were. If it is indeed a popular movement, why? I can understand them wanting to reunite to a point but it seems pretty obvious that if they did, it would be under Kim Jong Ilā€™s totalitarian rule as I donā€™t see him abdicating. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/9 "2004-08-17T22:33:45Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I can understand them wanting to reunite to a point but it seems pretty obvious that if they did, it would be under Kim Jong Ilā€™s totalitarian rule as I donā€™t see him abdicating. I have been to South Korea recently and while I can tell you that most of the people I talk to hoped for reunification, it certainly wouldnā€™t be under Kim Jong Il. They are hoping for a unified but democratic Korea, just like South Korea today. They see similarities with what happened with Germany. East Germany collapsed under communist rule and was absorbed by the much wealthier West Germany. North Korea would presumably collapse at some point and would be absorbed by the much wealthier South Korea. The only reason it hasnā€™t collapsed yet is because the populace is kept under tight control and is totally in the dark to what is going on in the real world. BTW, I would bet most North Koreanā€™s are secretly hoping for that tooā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-north-and-south-korea-march-as-one-at-the-olympics-again/260216/10 "2004-08-18T01:13:52Z")
Just wanted to add the nice [visual](http://www.nbcolympics.com/2004/0813/5037104.jpg).