N. Korea not to send cheerleaders to Incheon Asian Games

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2005 shows North Korean cheerleaders at the opening ceremony of the Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon, South Korea. According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, North Korea said Aug. 28, 2014, it will not send a cheerleading squad to accompany its athletes to the upcoming Asian Games in Incheon, in a reversal of its earlier decision. (Kyodo)

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