"It's all been good," Griffin said of training with North Koreans after the welcome ceremony for the South Korean Olympic delegation for the PyeongChang Olympics at Gangneung Village in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. "We have the North Korean players on our roster, and we have two practice groups going on right now, but our team atmosphere is great."

Griffin, born to a Korean mother and an American father, said everyone, including head coach Sarah Murray, is helping each other to make a good team.

"Everyone on the team has handled it in a really mature way," she said. "We all realize that (the North Koreans) didn't choose to be in this situation either, and they're here to do their best, so everyone's been really nice to each other."

Griffin is one of the naturalized athletes on the team, along with Danelle Im and Caroline Park, for the Feb. 9-25 Olympics. For her Olympics debut, the 29-year-old said she is ready to go. At the Olympics, South Korea is in Group B against Sweden, Switzerland and Japan.

"My goal is definitely to win games," she said. "Especially, the Japan game is really important to us, and I think we can really win that one." (Yonhap)