When she began football, Ra Un Sim did not know she would become one of top football players in the country. Born in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province, Ra moved to Chongjin in her childhood, where she took up football. She displayed her football talent in annual national games of juvenile sports schools and was […]
Tag Archives: Sports
The DPRK is building up the material foundations for the sports sector. Over the past five years, one thousand and several hundred sports facilities have been built and more than 10 000 existing ones, repaired throughout the country, including gymnasiums, stadiums, training centres and sports parks. Kim Il Sung Stadium and Taekwon-Do Palace have undergone […]
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“When I was leaving my native home, my mother asked me not to disappoint my villagers. I’ve never forgotten the request of my mother for 20 years, along with the gun report echoing the training hall,” said Pak Myong Won, a shooting player at the Defence Sports Club of the Korean People’s Army, after winning […]
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Ssirum (Korean wrestling) is one of the cultural assets of the Korean nation. Since long ago, Korean people enjoyed playing ssirum during break times on the edges of fields, on the grass, and on riverside or seaside sandy soil. On folk holidays, in particular, wrestling grounds laid out at scenic spots were thronged with people, […]
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The Pyongyang Sports Goods Factory produces a variety of Taesongsan-brand products much favoured by consumers. It turns out various forms of sports goods, including different kinds of balls, gloves for Taekwon-Do practitioners, bags for sportspersons and sportswear, to suit the features of events and the physical constitution of players. Eye-catching is a 3×3 basketball which […]
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Let Us Usher In a New Heyday of Building a Sports Power in the Revolutionary Spirit of Paektu In these eventful days, when all the service personnel and people have turned out in the general offensive in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu and are registering successes in all fields of defending socialism and building a […]
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Oct
Oct
Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, met together with Ri Sol Ju players who bagged gold medals at the 17th Asian Games and recent world championships and their coaches. They were women […]
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Kim Jong Un Guides Match for Examining Women’s Football of National Sports Team to Participate in 17th Asian Games
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Aug
Aug
Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, guided a match for examining the women’s football of the National Sports Team which will take part in the 17th Asian Games. The National Sports Team […]
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Aug
Aug
Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, watched men’s volleyball game between the General Bureau of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Land and Maritime Transport. He waved back to the enthusiastic cheers […]
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Jul
Jul
Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK, together with KPA service personnel, watched a men’s volleyball match played between the April 25 Team and the Amnokgang Team on the occasion of the 61st […]
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Jul
Jul
Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, guided a match for examining the men’s football of the National Sports Team which will take part in the 17th Asian Games. The National Sports Team […]
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Jul
Jul
Many sports facilities are built or rebuilt in the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea amid increasing social concern for sports. Last year the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium was rebuilt into a better comprehensive stadium, a mass sports service center. It was built on the bank of the River Pothong in April Juche 62 or 1973. Over […]
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Jun
Jun
The second premier soccer matches of the Sports Contest for Pochonbo Torch Prize started in Pyongyang on June 23. Ten men and women’s football teams will play the matches to take place at the Kim Il Sung Stadium and the Sosan Football Stadium from June 23 to July 6. Divided into two groups, they will […]
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Jun
Jun
Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, gave field guidance to the remodeling site of the May Day Stadium. Going round various places of the stadium, he acquainted himself in detail with the […]
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Jun
Jun
Many successes are registered in the training of reserves in Korea under the increasing state concern for sports. The football circle of the Moranbong District Juvenile Sports School in the capital city Pyongyang is an example in this respect. Recently coaches of different sports teams pay special attention to the members of the football circle […]
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May
May
Men’s soccer games of the second round of the premier league of the Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games ended. Finals between the April 25 Team and Amnokgang Team took place at the Kim Il Sung Stadium on May 14. The April 25 Team defeated its rival 1:0. Before the finals a match was held between the […]
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May
May
The Ice Rink is standing on the bank of the River Pothong in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea. In the Ice Rink, we find skaters training hard, their bodies wet with sweat. They are short-track speed skaters. They are training various technical skills including beeline linking and curve running. […]
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May
May
Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, watched a men’s football match between the Mangyongbong Team and the Sobaeksu Team together with service personnel of the KPA. Those teams which participated in the […]
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May
May
Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, watched the archery game between the KPA Defense Sports Team and the Amnokgang Defense Sports Team. The game was held, divided into the men’s and women’s […]
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