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. Another image ...

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.

North Korea hosted the first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years on Sunday, welcoming international runners to the isolated autocratic nation that closed its borders to all outsiders in ...

Pyongyang hosted hundreds of foreign runners this weekend as the city held its first international marathon since the Covid pandemic prompted North Korea to seal its borders six years ago.. Some ...

North Korea held its first Pyongyang Marathon in six years on Sunday, and allowed foreigners to take part. The marathon is one of several events celebrating the birthday of Kim Il-sung, the ...

The Pyongyang marathon took runners past the city’s Arch of Triumph, modeled after its Paris counterpart but built in the 1980s to be slightly taller.

The Pyongyang International Marathon was one of the events held in honor of the birthday of the grandfather of Kim Jung Un, Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder, which falls on April 15.

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.

Participants take part in the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, as part of celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912.