North Korean athletes arrived in the South on Sunday for joint training ahead of the Asian Games next month, the latest effort at rare cross-border sports diplomacy. The two Koreas agreed last month to field joint teams in three sports -- canoeing, rowing and women's basketball -- at the Asiad in Jakarta and Palembangfrom August 18 to September 2. Dressed in matching light blue outfits, the delegation of 34 athletes and coaches landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing. Their exact schedules have yet to be determined but the North Koreans are expected to begin training with their South Korean teammates next week. It is the first time North and South Korea have formed unif...
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