North Korea says will not go to Olympics over Covid fears |

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 5, 2016 shows North Korea’s delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. – North Korea will not attend this year’s Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang’s sports ministry said on April 5, 2021, blowing the final whistle on Seoul’s hopes of using the Games to restart talks with its nuclear-armed neighbour. (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE / AFP)