North Korea told China on Friday it will not participate in the Beijing Olympics, citing COVID-19 problems and what it called U.S. attempts to thwart the Winter Games’ success in February, according to state media.
North Korea’s athletes were suspended by the International Olympic Committee through 2022 after failing to send a delegation to Tokyo last summer amid the pandemic, so it is unclear if that motivated the decision.
State news agency KCNA said the letter criticized the U.S., which decided not to send a diplomatic delegation even though American athletes will be free to compete.
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