Building up the people’s physical strength is a crucial component of enhancing their ability to contribute in good health to socialist construction.
Info Clip: Making Sports Mass Based and a Part of Everyday Life
Coach of Herculean Women
Coach, Labor Hero, and People’s Athlete Kim Chun Hui has trained numerous famous athletes of the DPRK that have so far won 64 gold medals at international games.
Woman Taekwon-Doist Achieves the Impossible
People’s Athlete Paek Chun Ok admirably overcame manifold physical traumas to win many medals for her country at Taekwon-Do World Championships.
Remarkable Sisters Seek Lasting Fame in Weightlifting
Famous weightlifting sisters Rim Jong Sim and Rim Un Sim have so far bagged more than 70 medals and cups for their homeland at international games.
Info Clip: Physical Culture of the DPRK
The building of mass-based sports culture in the DPRK has raised national strength, improved public health, and demonstrated Korea’s sports power on the world stage.
To Raise the Performance of Model Airplanes
The Pyongyang Municipal Aviation Club is raising the engine performance of its model air plaines.
Finals of Inter-Provincial Mass Sports Contest Held
National mass sports contest concludes at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.
Taekwon-Do Technical Workshop Held
Workshop held at Pyongyang’s Taekwon-Do Hall for the 55th founding anniversary of the International Taekwon-Do Federation.
Sports Village Contributes to Country’s Developing Sports
The massive sports village on Chongchun Street in Pyongyang is sprawling with gymnasiums and various training facilities.
To Add Glory to the Homeland of Taekwon-Do
The Taekwon-Do training hall in Sariwon City was built just last year but is already producing many talented players.
DPRK’s First World Artistic Gymnastics Champion
Famed gymnast Ri Sun Dok, even at the age of 70 today, is still full of vigour to pass down her experiences and lessons to the next generation of sportspersons.
Gold Medal and Sportswomen
Korean sportswomen are training day and night to win gold medals and fly the blue and red flag of the DPRK in the sky of the world.
I Can’t Forget the Day When We Met Him
Comrade Jo In Chol, Coach of the Hwaebul Sports Team, is devoting all his energy to stirring up enthusiasm for football in the DPRK.
Sportspeople Vow to Achieve Good Results True to Party’s Decisions
Meeting of sportspersons held at Basketball Gymnasium on Chongchun Street in Pyongyang.
Taesongsan Puts Focus on Winter Sports
The Taesongsan Sports Club is concentrating efforts on developing winter sports.
Video: Taekwon-Do Widely Disseminated in the DPRK
The orthodox martial art of the Korean nation is being widely spread throughout the DPRK.
Video: New Sports Goods Developed
Report from the Pyongyang Sports Goods Factory.
Choe Makes His Mark by Promoting Women’s Football
The rapid rise of women’s football in the DPRK in the 2000s is largely credited to head coach Choe Kwang Sok of the DPRK’s junior women’s football team.
Sports Club Introduces Effective Tools
The Pyongyang Sports Club is raising the skills of players by making new effective sports training apparatuses.
Sports Club Renowned for Training Aces
The Kigwancha Sports Club in the DPRK enjoys great popularity among local people as well as sports enthusiasts.
Spotlight: Tongilgori Fitness Centre
Comprehensive sports and exercise center is located in Rangnang District of Pyongyang.
Olympic Gold Medalists in DPRK (2)
Sportsperson Kim Il was the first two-time Olympic gold medalist of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Pak Tu Ik Makes a Difference to Korean Soccer
Former football player Pak Tu Ik is the first People’s Athlete in the DPRK.
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medallist Still Shines in Weightlifting
DPRK weightlifter Rim Jong Sim is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner
First Olympic Gold Medalist of DPRK
Ri Ho Jun made an Olympic world record at the 20th Olympic Games in 1972.
