Sport in North Korea

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Historically, North Korea's participation in international sporting events has been hindered by the relations with South Korea.^[1] Until the 1990s, North Korea used to host up to 14 international events every year, albeit in small scale. Since the early 1990s, the amount was reduced to just one, the Paektusan Prize International Figure Skating Festival.^[2] More recently, since the 2000s, North Korea both participates in and hosts more international competitions.^[3]

In recent years, however, cooperation in sports has gotten better.^[1] Since the early 2000s, North Korean athletes have openly worn sporting equipment with logos of foreign brands on them.^[2] In 2017, North Korea complained to various international sporting associations that sanctions against it imposed by the United States prevent it from buying professional sporting equipment.^[4]