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North Korea cancels visit to prepare for Olympic performance in South Korea - Yonhap

FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo (Reuters)

(Reuters) - North Korea has cancelled a visit by a delegation to South Korea to prepare for a trip by an art troupe during next month's Winter Olympics, Seoul's Unification Ministry was quoted as saying by South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Friday.

The North did not give a reason for the cancellation, Yonhap quoted the ministry as saying. (http://bit.ly/2rkPE4N)

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams)