North Korea says it won't attend Olympic Games due to coronavirus
Country's Olympic Committee says move down to 'world public health crisis caused by COVID'
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Seoul: 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 in order to protect players from the world public health crisis caused by COVID-19”, the North’s sports ministry’s news service said.