The visit hints at new flexibility since a rigid Covid-19 blockade in 2020.
SEOUL: North Korea has sent athletes to a taekwondo competition in Kazakhstan, a photo from organisers showed today, the first time in years that Pyongyang has allowed a delegation to travel overseas.
At least five North Korean athletes, wearing white uniforms with the country’s red and blue star flag on the front, were shown at the International Taekwondo Federation’s 2023 competition in Astana, according to a photograph shared on the event’s official Facebook page. An official at Seoul’s unification ministry told AFP Friday that the reports of North Korea’s participation at the taekwondo event “are generally considered to be true” adding that it was monitoring the situation.
Earlier this year, it registered to send its athletes to a weightlifting competition in Cuba, but in the end, none of their weightlifters attended.
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