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Sports have long been a means of amicable cooperation between the two Koreas. Although North Korea withdrew from participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, it had been stated in the 2018 Pyongyang Joint Declaration that two Koreas will strive to cooperate in sports competitions such as the Olympic Games and cooperate in bidding to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics. According to Dr. Heung-Tae Kim, Professor at the Department of Sports Science of Daejin University, sports will continue to play a leading role in inter-Korean exchange and cooperation in the future. Cooperation at sports events such as the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics or the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Summer Asian Games have proved valuable in catalyzing change. In this regard, Dr. Kim provides eleven suggestions for the utilization of sports in improving inter-Korean relations.
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