There is an "almost zero" chance that President Moon Jae-in will travel to Japan for the Olympics, government sources told the JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday. Culture and Sports Minister Hwang Hee will go instead.
 
“We have finalized a plan that Minister Hwang will attend the opening ceremony [on July 23],” a high-ranking government official told the JoongAng Ilbo in a phone conversation. “For now, there is almost zero possibility that Moon will attend the opening event.” 
 
The source said the government decided to send an envoy based on the principle that politics and sports are separate issues. After Japan refused to remove the Dokdo islets from a map on the official Tokyo Summer Olympics website, political heavyweights, even from the ruling party, demanded that Korea boycott the games.
 

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