Sport

  • Wrestlers Honour the Motherland

    In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea there are many players demonstrating the honour of the country with gold medals. Among them are Pak Yong Mi and Kang Kum Song…

  • A Girl of Great Strength

    Rim Un Sim is weightlifter of the Kigwancha Sports Team. Usually, people call her girl of great strength. From when she was nine years old, Rim learned the ABC of…

  • 29th Mangyongdae Prize Int’l Marathon Held

    The 29th Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon was held here to mark the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. Marathoners from the DPRK, China, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda…

  • Mangyongdae Prize Martial Art Championship Opens

    The Mangyongdae Prize National Martial Art Championship opened here to mark the Day of the Sun. At least 500 men and women players from 20 odd organizations including Taekwon-Do teams…

  • S. Side Taekwon-do Demonstration Group Performs Here

    A demonstration performance of the Taekwon-do demonstration group of the south side was given at the Taekwon-Do Hall Sunday. Watching it were Choe Hwi, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of…

  • Session of DPRK Olympic Committee Held

    The session of the Olympic Committee of the DPRK Juche 107 (2018) took place at the People’s Palace of Culture here on Thursday. Attending it were members of the committee…

  • Demonstrating the Honor of Home of Taekwon-Do

    Pak Mi Hyang at the Pyongyang City Taekwon-Do Team took the first place in the selection of the 10 Best Taekwondoists of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 2017….

  • First Women’s Football Team in Korea

    Until the early 1980s it was inconceivable to the overwhelming majority of the people in the DPRK that women could play football. Notwithstanding the conception, football coaches and eager girl…

  • Taekwon-Do Aces Loved by People

    Among sportspersons loved by the DPRK people are Sin Jong Hwa and Kim Su Ryon, players of the Taekwon-Do team of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee. They became the first quadruple…

  • 23rd Winter Olympics Opens

    The 23rd Winter Olympics opened in Phyongchang of south Korea. Its opening ceremony was held at Phyongchang Olympic Stadium on February 9. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of…

  • Paektusan Prize Sports Games Opens

    The Paektusan Prize Sports Games was opened with due ceremony at the Basketball Gymnasium in Chongchun Street here Thursday in celebration of the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il….

  • Our Advance Team Visits South Side’s Area for Field Survey

    An advance team led by Yun Yong Bok, vice department director of the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports, visited the south side’s area for field survey on January 25-27…

  • Pyongyang International Football School

    The Pyongyang International Football School is located on the picturesque Rungna Island in the capital Pyongyang. It has a modern school building, several training grounds, dormitory and mess hall, barber’s…

  • DPRK Sportspersons Resolve to Achieve Fresh Victory​

    Upon receiving the New Year Address made by respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, sportspersons in the DPRK are filled with firm determination to achieve fresh victory. Last year witnessed…

  • DPRK Sportspersons Prove Successful at 2017 Int’l Games

    DPRK athletes have won a number of gold medals at international games in Juche 106 (2017) to add luster to the history of building a sports power. Om Yun Chol,…

  • Osandok Prize Sports Contest Opens

    The Osandok Prize Sports Contest opened with due ceremony at the Ice Rink here on Friday to mark the 100th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war heroine Kim Jong Suk. Its…

  • Sung Hyang Sim, Promising Female Footballer

    Sung Hyang Sim, a female football player of the DPRK, was awarded the best player and top scorer prizes in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women’s Championship. She scored six goals…

  • Autumn Amateur Marathon 2017 Held

    The 2017 Autumn Amateur Marathon took place in Pyongyang on Sunday. More than 240 male and female runners from the DPRK, Netherlands, Sweden, the Czech Republic, UK and other countries…

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