South Korea Will Not Boycott Tokyo Olympics Over Dokdo Issue

This would have been the stupidest reason ever to boycott the Olympics:

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, June 2, in Tokyo. Korea is not considering boycotting the Tokyo Olympics, the foreign ministry said June 8, AP-Yonhap

South Korea is not considering boycotting the Tokyo Olympics, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after presidential hopefuls of the ruling Democratic Party mentioned the possibility of a boycott amid a renewed territorial spat with Japan over the East Sea islets of Dokdo.

Rep. Lee Nak-yon and former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun raised the need to mull boycotting the Games, slated to take place from July 23-Aug. 8, should Japan not revise the map of the Olympic torch relay route that included Dokdo as its territory.

Korea Times

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setnaffa
setnaffa
3 years ago

Proponents of boycotting the Olympics should recall how much good it did for Jimmy Carter in 1980.

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