North Korea dashes hopes for diplomatic gold at Tokyo Olympics


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What areas would you like to learn more about? Leave this field empty if you're human: Copyright 2021 Expansion Global, LLC. All rights reserved. North Korea dashes hopes for diplomatic gold at Tokyo Olympics Posted on Nikkei Asia TOKYO — North Korea has decided not to participate in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games starting in July, scuttling any hope that the occasion will lead to a diplomatic breakthrough with the rogue state, as the Pyeongchang games did three years ago. The sports ministry on its website gave a terse statement on withdrawing from the games: to protect its own athletes...