North Korea Wants Pro Wrestlers From U.S. For Summer Tournament
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The wild world of professional wrestling is heading to North Korea.
The authoritarian nation locked in a long standoff with its neighbors and the United States over its nuclear bomb ambitions announced plans Monday for an international pro-wrestling match in the capital, Pyongyang, in late August.
"World renowned pro-wrestlers" from Japan, the U.S. and other countries will take part, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch. It provided few other details.
A former professional wrestler turned Japanese lawmaker, Kanji Inoki, will head the organizing committee along with the chair of North Korea's International Martial Arts Games Committee, the dispatch said.
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Despite the recent high-profile arrests and detentions of foreign tourists, impoverished North Korea is keen to earn cash revenue by boosting tourism. It has highlighted group tours to major arts performances or attractions the country wants to show off.
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