CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -North Korea has been banned from competing at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the country’s National Olympic Committee following the country’s no-show at Tokyo 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -He in turn was speaking after the IOC’s own announcement last week that athletes from the two countries, banned from competing in Europe, might be allowed to earn slots for Paris 2024 through Asian qualifying systems. “The sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian States and Governments are not negotiable.

Detailed explanation-3: -But its chances of joining next month’s Olympics in Beijing have been cast into doubt in recent months. In September, the International Olympic Committee suspended North Korea’s national Olympic committee until the end of 2022 for skipping the Tokyo Olympiad last year, also because of fears of the coronavirus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Four years later, as the 2022 Winter Olympics come to its main ally and neighbor China, North Korea isn’t sending any athletes and officials - ignoring the International Olympic Committee’s suggestion that individual athletes could potentially compete despite a ban on the country.