The details of how North Korea will participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea are still being worked out — but the two countries say their athletes will march together at the opening ceremony, under a unification flag.

The two countries will also form a unified women’s hockey team to compete at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February, NPR’s Elise Hu reports from Seoul. In addition, North Korea will send a cheering squad of 230 people to support athletes who make the trip

The news emerged from meetings between delegations from North and South Korea, with officials meeting at the Peace House in the border village of Panmunjom to discuss the pariah regime’s inclusion in the games.

“Cheering squads are typically made up of college-aged students and volunteers,” Elise reports. “On Monday the two Koreas agreed that a North Korean orchestra, singers and dancers would come to the South to perform during the games.”

North Korea also says it will send a delegation to the Paralympic Games that will follow February’s Winter Olympics, according to updates from South Korea’s Ministry of Unification.

The last time South Korea hosted the Olympics was in 1988; despite attempts to arrange for North Korea to participate, the regime didn’t send any athletes to those games in Seoul.

While the arrangements for the 2018 games are being made after all standard deadlines for Olympic participation have elapsed, they’re also being welcomed as a sign of easing tensions after months of alarm over North Korea’s nuclear program.

The rare event of hundreds of North Koreans traveling south has prompted questions of how they should move between the cut-off countries. The regime is asking South Korea if its delegation can cross the border over land — presumably in cars and buses — according to the Korea Herald.

So far, the talks have included representatives from the two Koreas and Pyeongchang organizers. The International Olympic Committee will take a more high-profile role on Saturday, Jan. 20, when IOC President Thomas Bach welcomes all three delegations.

Topics at that session will range from the names and number of North Korean athletes who will participate, as well as matters of protocol around the regime’s flag and anthem, and North Korea’s Olympic uniforms and involvement in ceremonies at the Pyeongchang games.

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