The Australian Swimming Federation has banned?Chinese swimmer Sun Yang from training there amid an ongoing doping scandal.
Sun has been training in Australia for some time.
His swimming coach Denis Cotterell is set to cut ties with Sun as well.
The decisions come after Sun tested positive for a banned substance, but the report was held back for months so he could take part in the Asian Games in Incheon in September.
Britain says it will invite North Korean journalists to the country for a study tour early next year.
In a written statement to the House of Lords this week, Joyce Anelay, the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said the upcoming visit will constitute the final stage of the British government-funded project titled "Inside Out: Working in North Korea to connect its journalists to the Internet world."
"[It] is an on-going media project being delivered by the Thomson Foundation, an independent UK organization with a proven track record of working in a number of countries, including now, for the first time, in [North Korea]," wrote Anelay.
She explained the project "aims to expose participants to the U.K. media, instructing them on international reporting practices and the development of technical skills to build websites using a variety of international sources."
The first stage of the project began with a pilot workshop for 46 journalists in the North's capital of Pyongyang between Oct. 13 and 22.
Anelay said that while in Britain, the North Koreans will learn how multimedia websites work at British media companies.
Britain has said its policy toward Pyongyang is one of "critical engagement," which means making clear the views of the international community on the North's nuclear weapons program and human rights record, while encouraging the communist regime to work with the outside world through educational and cultural exchanges.
Chungang University will offer joint seminars and training programs with Microsoft, Google and YouTube on developing software programs and venture business management techniques.
The university said it plans to offer three seminars with Microsoft starting next year.
Google, YouTube and Microsoft will provide the content and send trainers to Chungang University, as well as arranging joint teaching with the university's professors.
Each semester, the top students will be given a chance to work as interns at Microsoft Korea and the U.S. headquarters of Google and YouTube.
The classes will be offered on a trial basis first and become regular subjects in the second semester of 2015.
