N Korea to compete in Asian Games

North Korea will participate in all events at the Asian Games to be hosted in South Korea's western port city of Incheon later this year, reports said yesterday

Seoul: North Korea will participate in all events at the Asian Games to be hosted in South Korea's western port city of Incheon later this year, reports said yesterday.

North Korean officials told South Korean reporters that preparations are under way to compete in all events at the so-called Asiad games, according to pooled media reports from the current reunion of families divided by the Korean War.

South Korea has invited North Korea to participate in the games, which will run from September 19 to October 4, through the Olympic Council of Asia, a body that governs all sports in Asia.

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