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North Korea Hosts First International Marathon in Six Years

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April 8, 2025
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North Korea has formally welcomed overseas athletes again for the primary Pyongyang International Marathon since 2019. This is a big step because the reclusive nation tentatively returns to mainstream life after years of pandemic-induced closure.

Pyongyang Reopens to Foreign Athletes After Border Shutdown

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According to state media KCNA and Rodong Sinmun by way of CNN, the much-anticipated Pyongyang International Marathon 2024 occurred on Sunday, April 6.

Participants got here from China, Ethiopia, Romania, and different nations. It was the primary large-scale worldwide sporting occasion because the closure of North Korea’s borders in early 2020.

Approximately 200 abroad runners entered the capital on Friday and Saturday, in accordance with Simon Cockerell, basic supervisor of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, the official worldwide accomplice of the marathon.

Cockerell posted scenes of Pyongyang’s streets and leisure areas by means of Instagram, capturing uncommon glimpses of life throughout the reclusive state.

Though the remoted nation has taken tentative steps in the direction of reopening, accepting restricted numbers of Russian vacationer teams, Pyongyang remains to be largely off-limits to strange tourism. Yet for these concerned within the occasion, together with vacationers and athletes operating within the race, the marathon acted as an occasional gateway to the nation and a view into post-COVID North Korea.

Members educated contained in the prescribed lodge boundaries earlier than Sunday’s race. The course utilized a return format that featured distinguished central Pyongyang icons, dipped into close by rural terrain areas briefly, and looped again into an overflowing stadium internet hosting 50,000 followers, in accordance with the official description by Koryo Tours.

Symbolic Events Associated with National Festivals

The Pyongyang Marathon is greater than a sports activities occasion—it is half of a bigger celebration to commemorate April 15, Kim Il Sung’s birthday, and the founding father of the nation and grandfather of present chief Kim Jong Un. The regime has lengthy linked such occasions to ideological celebrations and nationwide pleasure.

Hosting the occasion as soon as once more reveals North Korea’s bid to reposition itself on the earth, even symbolically. With restricted entry to the press and tightly restricted journey, the return of the marathon reveals Pyongyang’s need to reconnect with the remainder of the world on its phrases.

Will This Be a Turning Point in North Korea’s Openness?

While Sunday’s marathon is a transfer in the direction of opening the Hermit Kingdom, specialists are nonetheless cautious. The border controls are nonetheless tight, and no widespread reopening of regular tourism or cultural change has been applied.

Nevertheless, the profitable group and turnout of overseas runners point out an growing willingness on the a part of Pyongyang to stage worldwide occasions, albeit in carefully managed kinds.

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