North Korea skips the Olympics

The National Olympic Committee decided this on March 25 at a video conference with sports officials and officials from other areas, the official “Department of Sports of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” reported on its website. The decision not to take part in the games was made to “protect our athletes from the global public health crisis caused by Covid-19.” The Olympics are scheduled to start on July 23rd. North Korea is one of the few countries that has not yet reported a single corona case. Pyongyang closed its borders early last year out of fear of the virus being introduced. However, observers assume that illnesses have already occurred in the country. South Korea expresses regret South Korea's Unification Ministry expressed its regret over the cancellation of the Olympics by the isolated neighboring country. “The government hoped to promote peace on the Korean peninsula as well as reconciliation and cooperation between the two Koreas through the Tokyo Olympics.” It was regrettable that it could not do this because of the pandemic, it said. Both Korean states used the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, to promote their politically difficult rapprochement. The sport is virtually unaffected by the sanctions against North Korea imposed by the UN Security Council because of the country's nuclear weapons program.

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North Korea skips the Olympics

North Korea says it does not want to take part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo because of the corona pandemic.

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