'Pyongyang Olympics?' Backlash reveals changing attitudes in South Korea


South Korean President Moon Jae-in poses for photographs with South Korean women's and men's ice hockey team players during his visit to Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, South Korea January 17, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - An agreement between South and North Korea to march under a unity flag and field a joint ice hockey team at next month's Olympics was met by sharp criticism from many in the South on Thursday, highlighting changing attitudes towards the country's northern neighbour.

The controversy reveals a South Korean public far less wedded to the idea of inter-Korean unity than previous generations, analysts say, a changing dynamic that may shape South Korean President Moon Jae-in's efforts at reconciliation with the isolated North.

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