N. Korean athletes arrive in Beijing en route to Asian Games in Japan

Several dozen North Korean athletes arrived at a Beijing airport on Tuesday en route to the Asian Games to be held from later this month mainly in central Japan, with diplomatic sources saying they were the first batch of the delegation.North Korean sports minister Kim Il Guk, who is expected to lead the country's delegation, was not spotted at the airport with the athletes.The North Korean representatives wore pins on their white jackets depicting the country's past leaders. Before the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games officially open on Sept. 19, the North Korean women's football team will play Ba…READ FULL ARTICLE