Sanctions push unified Korea teams to go no-brand at Asian Games

North and South Korean athletes in unified teams at next month's Asian Games will avoid wearing kit sponsored by global brands like Nike for fear of violating sanctions on Pyongyang that target luxury goods, officials said. The two Koreas agreed to field joint teams in three disciplines -- canoeing, rowing and basketball -- at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 to September 2, in the latest round of sports diplomacy following the remarkable rapprochement on the peninsula. Nuclear-armed North Korea is under multiple UN sanctions for its weapons programme and banned from importing luxury goods including sports equipment, prompting officials in the South to se...

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