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Another pleasure derived from sports and amusement facilities

Date: 24/03/2023 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

Customers often get enjoyment as they play amusement games at the Pyongyang Gold Lane.

The most popular one is the VR experience game.

“As everyone does, I had many dreams in my youth. I wanted to become a sports ace and a brave man fighting with beasts. To realize such dreams I often play VR experience games,” said Ri Song Chol, a regular customer at the gold lane.

Like Ri, many working people come there to have various VR adventures and sports games unaware of the passage of time.

Everyone roars with laughter at the military games ground and motorcar and motorcycle race room.

People in military uniforms and armed with machine guns are engrossed in the games while running here and there.

Visitors are scarcely satisfied at a try in the motorcar and motorcycle race room.

Most of them do not leave the driver’s seat before winning the race.

“The popularity of sports and amusement facilities is on a par with bowling. After playing sports and amusement games, everyone says they have fully been relieved of their fatigue,” said Kim Pang Won, section chief in charge of operation.

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