Fireworks as opening ceremony starts for Pyeongchang Olympics

Fireworks as opening ceremony starts for Pyeongchang Olympics

Fireworks lit up the sky over the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, where North Korea's all-female cheering squad were among the crowd, as the gala event started.

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The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony got under way in freezing temperatures and a spirit of rapprochement on Friday after the arrival of the highest level North Korean delegation ever seen in the South.

South Korea also grabbed the world's attention with an amazing display of over a thousand drones creating images in the sky.

Fireworks lit up the sky over the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.

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