Its opening ceremony was held at Kim Il Sung Stadium, where more than 50,000 people cheered the amateur runners on. The Pyongyang International Marathon was one of the events held in honor of Kim ...

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. Foreign athletes ...

AFP photos showed foreign runners crossing the starting line at Kim Il Sung Stadium, some taking photos on their phones, as North Korean spectators cheered them on. Another image showed elite ...

The away team? That’s where things get even more complicated. North Korea hosting Brazil at the Kim Il-Sung Stadium would have been a major geopolitical event. You would have heard about it if ...

Initially, Japan had told its fans not to attend an important soccer match against rival North Korea at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang next week. Now, however, it seems the players won’t be ...

Sunday's marathon route took participants past landmarks across the city, including the Kim Il Sung stadium, the Arch of Triumph built to commemorate Kim Il Sung's role in resisting Japanese rule ...

The marathon was one of a series of events organised to celebrate the birthday on 15 April of Kim Il Sung, the country ... the start and finish line in a stadium. “A few pics of today's ...