N. Korea says will not go to Olympics over Covid fears

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N. Korea says will not go to Olympics over Covid fears

N. Korea says will not go to Olympics over Covid fears

Terra Daily

Published 06 Apr 2021

Seoul (AFP) April 6, 2021

North Korea will not attend this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang's sports ministry said, dashing Seoul's hopes of using the Games to restart talks with its nuclear-armed neighbour. The isolated North's participation in the last Winter Games, hosted by the South in Pyeongchang, was a catalyst in the diplomatic rapprochement of 2018. Leader Kim Jong Un'

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