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Article: DPRK accuses Tokyo for barring its athletes from table tennis matches
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 23, 2006
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DPRK accuses Tokyo for barring its athletes from table tennis
matches
PYONGYANG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday expressed strong anger over Japan for
barring its players from participating in table tennis matches in
Japan, the official news agency reported.
In a statement issued by the DPRK Table Tennis Association (TTA),
TTA criticized Japanese authority for prohibiting DPRK players'
participation in the Children's Table Tennis Championships with
unacceptable political motivation.
"It is obvious that the organizing committee of the championships
sent the notice to our association under the pressure of the ...