North Korea will not be sending any athletes to the reorganised 2020 Olympics in Tokyo over coronavirus fears.
The country has been represented at every summer games since 1992 in Barcelona and picked up seven medals in 2016, including golds in weightlifting and gymnastics.
North Korea formed part of a unified Korea team at the women's ice hockey at the winter games in Pyeongchang.
A statement on the Sports in the DPR Korea website said a meeting was held in Pyongyang on 25 March to discuss the matter.
It said: "In the meeting the DPRK Olympic Committee discussed the suggestions of its members and decided not to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games in order to protect players from the world public health crisis caused by Covid-19."
