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North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the 1998-2007 Sunshine Policy era, North Korea and South Korea symbolically marched as one team at the opening ceremonies of the 2000, [2] 2004, and 2006 Olympics, but competed separately. North Korea sent 22 athletes to compete in five sports at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea .
However, the Russian Olympic Committee was banned, and Russian athletes competed as independent athletes with no national flag and anthem, due to doping sanctions., [41] On March 28, 2023, it was announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes compete as Individual Neutral Athletes and the abbreviation AIN, and North Korea returned to Paris 2024.
Female North Korean athletes participating in the Winter Games arrived have arrived in South Korea, joining their neighbors for a unified Olympics showing.
And at the 2016 Rio Olympics, another selfie taken by South Korean gymnast Lee Eun-ju and her North Korean counterpart Hong Un-jong went viral and was hailed as a testament to how sports ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — North Korea won the silver in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform event to capture the nation's first ever Olympic diving medal, while China continued its ...
North Korea last competed in women’s soccer at the 2012 Olympics but has never won a medal. “We want to move forward with the goal of winning a gold medal,” Japan coach Futoshi Ikeda said.
[17] [18] However, North Korean Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee said in a letter to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee, and the General Administration of Sport of China on 7 January 2022 that "Due to the "action of hostile forces" and the COVID-19 pandemic, they would not ...