Coronavirus: North Korea to skip Tokyo Olympics due to pandemic


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North Korea will not attend the forthcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo, Pyongyang’s sports ministry said, citing the risks of coronavirus infection. At a meeting the North’s Olympic Committee “decided not to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games to protect players from the world public health crisis caused by Covid-19”, the sports ministry’s news service said. The nuclear-armed North’s participation in the last Winter Games, in Pyeongchang in South Korea, was a key catalyst in the diplomatic rapprochement of 2018. Seoul proposes co-hosting 2032 Olympics with North Korea Leader Kim Jong-un ’s sister Kim Yo-jong attended as his envoy, in a...