North Korea Announces That it Will Not Participate in the Tokyo Olympics, Becoming the World’s First Country to Withdraw

The North Korean Olympic Committee held a video conference in Pyongyang on the 25th of last month.
During the period, it was decided that “in order to protect North Korean athletes from being infected by the corona virus that ravages the world” it was decided that no athletes would be sent to participate in the East Olympics this summer.

Source: https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/325266