Japan protests unified Korea Olympic flag with disputed isles
Foreign affairsFeb 5, 2018
Japan said Monday it had lodged a protest with South Korea over the "unacceptable" use of a unified Korean Olympic flag that features a set of disputed islands.The two Koreas have agreed to march together under the unification flag -- a pale blue silhouette of the peninsula -- at the Games' opening ceremony on February 9, and to form a combined women's ice hockey team.The flag shows a blue dot indicating the islands in the Sea of Japan controlled by South Korea but claimed by Tokyo. (yonhap)They