World Baseball Softball Confederation president visits N. Korea: KCNA

▲ World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari (L) shakes hands with Park Chon-jong, North Korea's vice minister of physical culture and sports, in this undated photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)

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World Baseball Softball Confederation president visits N. Korea: KCNA

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation is visiting North Korea, the country's state media said Sunday, without providing details.

A WBSC delegation headed by Riccardo Fraccari arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday and was greeted at the airport by Park Chon-jong, vice minister of physical culture and sports, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a brief dispatch.

Baseball and softball are not known to be popular sports in North Korea.

During a visit to South Korea in 2014, Fraccari expressed his openness to visiting North Korea to promote baseball.

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