North Korea is anticipated to ship a large-scale group to compete in subsequent yr’s Asian Video games in Japan, a pro-North Korea newspaper based mostly in Japan reported Friday.
The Japan-based Choson Sinbo, thought of to signify North Korea’s official stance, reported the information in its Friday version, noting the launch final month of an Asian Video games preparation physique by a sport unit of the Basic Affiliation of Korean Residents in Japan.
The North Korean group to be dispatched might embrace athletes for each males’s and girls’s soccer, weightlifting, judo, wrestling and different fields, in line with the Choson Sinbo.
An official from the affiliation’s sports activities department attended a latest assembly of representatives from taking part international locations, held in Nagoya in September, to signify the North Korean group, the newspaper mentioned.
The 2026 Asian Video games are scheduled to happen from September 19 to October 4 subsequent yr in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, whose capital is Nagoya.
Kyodo Information has reported that North Korea plans to dispatch a delegation of as much as 270 folks, together with round 150 athletes to finish in 17 occasions through the video games.
