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2023 Spring National Sports Festival opens

Date: 18/03/2023 | Source: Voice of Korea (EN) | Read original version at source

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The 2023 Spring National Sports Festival opened on the occasion of the significant Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of the great leader Kim Il Sung.

More than 540 games of over 30 events will be played in the festival, including football, basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, gymnastics and Taekwon-Do.

The opening ceremony was held at the Basketball Gymnasium in Chongchun Street on the 17th.

Present there were Vice-Premier Ri Song Hak, officials concerned, sportspeople and Pyongyang citizens.

Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Kim Il Guk made an opening address.

A flag symbolic of the festival was hoisted and players marched in file before a demonstration of Taekwon-Do.

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