SEOUL (Reuters) - Asian Games organisers (IAGOC) confirmed on Thursday they had taken down the flags of participating countries near one of the venues outside host city Incheon amid concerns that North Korean flags could be damaged by conservative groups or protesters.
North Korea is sending a 273-member delegation of athletes and officials to Incheon, west of Seoul, with the first batch scheduled to arrive later on Thursday on a direct flight from Pyongyang.
