<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Korea (2018) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964 . The National Olympic Committee for North Korea is the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and was created in 1953 and recognized in 1957 . </P> <P> North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, appearing only in the Winter Olympic Games that year . Eight years later in 1972, the nation first participated at the Summer Olympic Games . Since then, the nation has appeared in every Summer Games, except when North Korea joined the Soviet - led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics, and when they boycotted the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea . </P> <P> North Korea's attendance at the Winter Games has been sporadic; eight of the last thirteen Games have included a North Korean team . </P>

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