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On Tuesday, the North Korean government announced it would not participate in the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics "to protect players from the world public health crisis caused by COVID-19", the Associated Press reported. It is North Korea's first official withdrawal from the Olympics since their boycott of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, CBS News reported. According to South Korea's Ministry of Unification, this is the first time North Korea withdrew from a major international states event due to concerns of an infectious disease. Several athletes from multiple disciplines did not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics over concerns of the Zika virus, but North Korea did. While North Korea claims to have no cases of the coronavirus, professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Woman's University Park Won Gon says it has shown "a coronavirus-related neurosis since it declared an emergency anti-virus system in January last year", adding it was very unlikely the country would be able to procure enough vaccines for its population by July when the 2020 Olympics are scheduled to take place.