Nov. 26, 2024 Tuesday  
Rodong Sinmun
Sports Contest among Officials of National Institutions Opens in DPRK

Culture 2024.3.7.



The 2024 Sports Contest among Officials of National Institutions opened with due ceremony at the Taekwon-Do Hall on March 5.

Divided into four groups, teams will compete in such events as volleyball (men), table tennis, a tug of war, Taekwon-Do and hurdle-overcoming at the Taekwon-Do Hall, Sosan Football Stadium and the Handball Gymnasium in Chongchun Street.

Present at the opening ceremony were Kim Myong Gun, chairman of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, officials concerned and officials and players of commissions, ministries and national agencies exemplary in mass sporting activities.

Choe Song Nam, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, made an opening address.

At the end of the ceremony, there was a men’s volleyball game between the teams of the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Chemical Industry.

Rodong Sinmun