The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: North Korea will send observers to Cambodia next month to learn from an international competition for disabled volleyball athletes, an official said Tuesday.
The Cambodian National Volleyball League of Disabled People is organizing the tournament from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1, said Christopher Minko, the group's secretary-general.
He said it will be the first time that North Korea will be participating in an international disability sporting event.
The Cambodian team is mostly made up of victims of land mines, the deadly legacy from three decades of armed conflict that ended with the collapse of the Khmer Rouge genocidal movement eight years ago.
"They're not sending a team but it's a delegation to come and watch how we stage this event, how we work with disabled athletes ... because they want to start their own (disability) volleyball program," Minko said.
Eight countries, including Cambodia, will be taking part in the tournament. Other teams will come from Mongolia, Canada, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, India and Malaysia.
The Cambodian National Volleyball League of Disabled People is organizing the tournament from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1, said Christopher Minko, the group's secretary-general.
He said it will be the first time that North Korea will be participating in an international disability sporting event.
The Cambodian team is mostly made up of victims of land mines, the deadly legacy from three decades of armed conflict that ended with the collapse of the Khmer Rouge genocidal movement eight years ago.
"They're not sending a team but it's a delegation to come and watch how we stage this event, how we work with disabled athletes ... because they want to start their own (disability) volleyball program," Minko said.
Eight countries, including Cambodia, will be taking part in the tournament. Other teams will come from Mongolia, Canada, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, India and Malaysia.
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