The Olympics Are Tough for All Athletes. For North Koreans, They’re Worse.
Adam Taylor | The Washington Post
“North Korea is well-known around the world as a ‘Hermit Kingdom’—a country whose citizens tend to have little to no access to the wider world and whose government has an antagonistic relationship with most other governments. Yet despite the country’s isolation, North Korean athletes have competed in every Summer Olympics since 1972, except for two it boycotted (the 1984 games in Los Angeles and the 1988 games in Seoul).”* * *Banned From Working, Asylum Seekers Are Building Japan’s Roads and Sewers
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Source: The Atlantic