North Korea on Sunday is holding its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that had largely closed its borders during the pandemic.

The Pyongyang party committee and people’s committee issued joint orders on June 7 launching an anti-smoking campaign across the city.

North Korea has hosted the first Pyongyang International Marathon since sealing its borders during the pandemic, but there were likely no American runners.

North Korea fired more than 10 multiple-launched rockets on Thursday morning from Sunan near the capital Pyongyang in a north-westerly direction, South Korea's military said.

Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said that North Korea would send a “division of builders, two military ...