North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in ... held to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. AFP photos showed foreign runners crossing the starting ...

North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for ... in April to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung. Before Sunday's marathon, the race was last held in 2019 ...

Foreign athletes had arrived in the city ahead of the running contest, held to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. AFP photos showed foreign runners crossing the ...

Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Ko cited recent news reports from the ...

The marathon, which was launched in 1981, took place annually in April to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung [Getty Images] North Korea has held the Pyongyang International ...

The marathon is the largest international sporting event in the reclusive country Participants take part in the 31st Pyongyang International ... its founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912.

North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in ... held to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. AFP photos showed foreign runners crossing the starting ...

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years on Sunday, with hundreds of runners taking to the streets of the capital and citizens cheering them on.

The Pyongyang International Marathon is one of the events celebrating the April 15 birthday of Kim Il Sung, North Korea's founder and grandfather of the current leader Kim Jong Un. - Reuters ...

Pyongyang has also reportedly supplied Moscow with more short-range ballistic missiles, 170 mm self-propelled howitzers, and ...