North Korea holds first Pyongyang International Marathon since borders were sealed during COVID pandemic
North Korea has hosted the first Pyongyang International Marathon since sealing its borders during the pandemic, but there ...
North Korea hosts international marathon after 6-year pause
Nearly 200 international amateur runners entered under an exemption allowing them into a country that has been closed to most ...
North Korea holds first Pyongyang marathon after pandemic
North Korea on Sunday held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive ...
How Kim Jong Un turned Hyesan from a market hub into a sealed-off prison city
Kim Jong Un has transformed the once-bustling border city of Hyesan into an isolated, tightly controlled area by dismantling ...
North Korea stages first international marathon in six years
Foreign athletes are competing in the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time since 2019, with roughly 200 runners from various countries ...
South Korea will hold election on June 3 to replace ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol
Deep political polarization will likely shape the election into a two-way showdown between the two major political parties: ...
International runners flock to secretive North Korea for first post-Covid marathon
At the stadium, a huge crowd of North Koreans – some wearing masks – greeted the runners, and foreign participants took ...