IOC chief backs North Korea sending athletes to Tokyo, Beijing Olympics

With North Korea opening up to the international community step-by-step,... hope is rising that North Korean athletes will take part in the next two Olympics in Tokyo and Beijing. IOC chief Thomas Bach said on Thursday that he fully supports North Korea's participation in the upcoming Olympics,... adding that he hopes to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss North Korea's participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.This comes as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told him in March during their meeting in Pyongyang... that he wants North Korean athletes to compete in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.