N. Korea does U-turn on join Korean table tennis team

N. Korea does U-turn on join Korean table tennis team

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of the organizing committee for the table tennis world championships, to begin in Osaka in April, are busy answering inquiries March 28 following reports that North Korea has done a U-turn on an agreement to form a united Korean table tennis team for the championships.

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