North Korean taekwondo athletes spotted in Beijing, marking country’s first delegation sent abroad since COVID

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North Korean taekwondo athletes spotted in Beijing, marking country’s first delegation sent abroad since COVID
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North Korea has sent its first delegation abroad since the country shut down its borders during the pandemic. A group of Taekwondo World Championships competitors were seen in Beijing.

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North Korea appears to have cracked open its borders in the first significant way since they were shut at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, with the impoverished nation sending a large group of taekwondo athletes and officials through Beijing to an international competition. The group of around 80 men and women wearing white track suits with the North Korean flag on the front were in the departure hall ofThe group was expected to take an Air Astana flight to Kazakhstan to compete in the International Taekwon-do Federation World Championships, according to Japanese and South Korean media. The competition is being held in Astana through Aug. 30.

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