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Koreas to field joint teams at Asian Games

The two Koreas fielded a joint women's ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics. [Photo/AFP]

North and South Korea will field joint teams in three sports -- canoeing, rowing and women's basketball -- at the Asian Games, organisers said Thursday, in the latest sign of thawing tensions.

The two countries will also march together at the opening and closing ceremonies for the showpiece event being held in Indonesia from August 18-September 2, they added.

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