This is the first time North Korea has taken part in an international sports event hosted by the South, and 300 or so North Korean athletes and officials turned up with an entourage of over 350 musicians, supporters and reporters.

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In that continent, there are entire leagues like - the Chinese and South Korean -- that have had to be shut down for months while mass arrests were conducted before the sports could continue.

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