Athletes from South and North Korea carried the torch together Friday at the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games in a display of harmony. 

Para skiers Choi Bo-gue from South Korea and Ma Yu-chol from North Korea entered the Olympic Stadium carrying the flame together. 

The two Koreas did not march together due to differences over the image of the Unified Korean flag. As reported previously, the South followed the International Paralympic Committee’s recommendation not to politicize sporting events, while the North insisted the flag depict the Korean Dokdo Islets in the East Sea that Japan claims as its own territory. 

The two Koreas marched under a Unified Korean flag that did not depict the islets at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics last month.