North Korea threatens to boycott Asian Games

Published July 18, 2014 5:37am ET



SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened Friday to review its decision to enter the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea, a day after their talks on the games broke down.

The North’s plan to send athletes and cheerleaders to the games is among a set of measures it recently proposed to ease tension between the rivals. Many in South Korea doubt how sincere the North is about its overtures as the country has been conducting an unusually large number of missile and rocket test-launches in recent weeks.

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