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North Korea Says It’ll Skip Tokyo Olympics Due to Covid-19
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April 6, 2021
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0:53Now PlayingNorth Korea has decided not to participate in the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus, a state-run sports website reported, a move that could make it the first country to skip the games because of the pandemic.
The decision to miss the event scheduled to start in July was made March 25 by the country’s Olympics committee, which cited the need to protect its athletes amid the global health crisis, Sports in the DPR Korea, a website run by North Korea’s sports ministry, said Tuesday.
The upcoming Olympics in long-time adversary Japan offered an opportunity for Kim Jong Un’s isolated regime to engage with the outside world. But Kim has imposed strict measures to prevent the coronavirus from entering the nation, making it among the first in the world to close borders even though the move halted what little was left of the heavily sanctioned country’s legal trade.
“Quarantine remains a top priority for North Korea, and given that the Covid situation remains serious globally, Pyongyang clearly decided that it cannot risk sending a delegation to Japan,” said Rachel Minyoung Lee, an independent political analyst who used to work for the U.S. government in areas related to North Korea.
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