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  "id": 8240656,
  "title": "(Asiad) N. Korean team attends welcome ceremony for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/asiad-n-korean-team-attends-welcome-ceremony-for-aichi-nagoya-asian",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T12:15:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
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    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260918011500320"
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  "summary": "North Korean athletes attended an official welcome ceremony for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, vowing to deliver strong performances and achieve better results at the quadrennial continental multisport event. The welcome ceremony, which took place at the Port of Nagoya Garden Pier in Nagoya, Japan, was attended by Pak Chon-jong, North Korea's vice minister of physical culture and sports, who served as the chef de mission, and Ko Chol-ho, secretary-general of the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The ceremony was the eighth of nine official athlete welcome ceremonies for the Asian Games, with delegations from various countries, including Palestine, Chinese Taipei, East Timor, Yemen, and India, also attending.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "N. Korean team attends welcome ceremony for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/n-korean-team-attends-welcome-ceremony-for-aichi-nagoya-asian-games",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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