North Korea has renamed its annual international marathon in Pyongyang for this year, removing the name of national founder ...

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 ...

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 ...

One image showed foreign participants taking pictures on phones around the Kim Il Sung Stadium filled with North Korean spectators. The last edition of the Pyongyang Marathon was held in 2019 ...

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 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.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea on Sunday held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners ...

Reclusive North Korea has invited foreign runners to participate in the Pyongyang International ... birthday of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, grandfather of the nation's current leader ...

Foreign amateur runners on Thursday flew out of Beijing for North Korea to race in the first Pyongyang Marathon ... of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912 and is the largest ...

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.

North Korea said on Sunday that foreign elite runners arrived to take part in the first Pyongyang Marathon in ... of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912 and is the largest ...