South and North Korea will hold two additional friendly basketball matches in Pyongyang on Thursday. 

On the second day of the inter-Korean basketball matches, players of the two Koreas will compete for their respective countries at the Ryugyong Chung Ju-yung Gymnasium in the North’s capital. 

However, the teams will not be labeled South and North but “blue” and “red.” No national flags or anthems will be used.  A women's game will be held first at 3 p.m., followed by a men's game. 

On Wednesday, athletes formed teams named “peace” and prosperity” made up of a mixture of South and North Korean players. The “prosperity” team won the women’s match, while the men’s game ended in a tie.  

Wednesday’s matches were attended by a number of high-level North Korean officials including Choe Hwi, chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, and Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country. 

However, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is known to be an avid basketball fan, did not attend the games. 

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