September 16, 2025Sep 16, 2025
KCNA KCNA.kp (En)

State Commendations Awarded to Taekwon-Do Players and Coaches

Date: 20/04/2024 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- State commendations were awarded to the players and coaches, who proved successful at the 22nd Taekwon-Do World Championships, and merited members concerned.

A ceremony of awarding state commendations took place at the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee and relevant units.

Present there were Kim Myong Gun, chairman of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, officials concerned and officials, players, coaches and researchers in the field of Taekwon-Do.

A decree of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK was conveyed at the ceremony.

Kim Il Sung Youth Honor Prize was conferred on Ko Kum Gang, a player of the Pyongyang Municipal Taekwon-Do Team, Pak Ryon Song, a player of the Ryongaksan Taekwon-Do Team, and Kim Ju Hyang, a player of the South Hamgyong Provincial Taekwon-Do Team, and Kim Il Sung Children Honor Prize on Jang Song Yong, a student of Jongphyong Senior Middle School in Phyongchon District of Pyongyang, Kim Su Ryon, a student of Unha Senior Middle School in Sariwon City of North Hwanghae Province, and Kim Su Ryon, a student of Sinphung Senior Middle School in Wonsan City of Kangwon Province.

The title of People's Athlete went to Wang Myong Guk, a player of the Ryongaksan Taekwon-Do Team, Ro Kuk Hwa, a player of the Kangwon Provincial Taekwon-Do Team, and Ri Chol Rim, a coach of the Ryongaksan Taekwon-Do Team, and the title of Merited Athlete to Kim Wi Ryong, a player of the North Phyongan Provincial Taekwon-Do Team and 13 other players and coaches.

Order of Labor was awarded to one person, Order of National Flag Second Class to 18 persons, Order of National Flag Third Class to 24 persons and Medal of Merit to seven persons. -0-

www.kcna.kp (Juche113.4.20.)

More From KCNA.kp (En)

Review of Rodong Sinmun

Review of Rodong Sinmun

Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK,

September 15, 2025

Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK,

Motivation Activities Intensified in DPRK

Motivation Activities Intensified in DPRK

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- Trade union officials and primary information workers in Pyongyang conducted intensive

September 14, 2025

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- Trade union officials and primary information workers in Pyongyang conducted intensive

Sci-tech Activities Brisk in DPRK

Sci-tech Activities Brisk in DPRK

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- Sci-tech activities are being conducted in various forms and ways amid the display of the great

September 14, 2025

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- Sci-tech activities are being conducted in various forms and ways amid the display of the great

Academy of Sports Science in DPRK Makes Research Successes

Academy of Sports Science in DPRK Makes Research Successes

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- The Academy of Sports Science in the DPRK achieved valuable research successes conducive to the

September 14, 2025

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- The Academy of Sports Science in the DPRK achieved valuable research successes conducive to the

Cuban President Sends Congratulatory Flower Basket to DPRK Embassy

Cuban President Sends Congratulatory Flower Basket to DPRK Embassy

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, president of the Republic of Cuba, sent a congratulatory

September 14, 2025

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, president of the Republic of Cuba, sent a congratulatory

Medical Oxygen Factory

Medical Oxygen Factory

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- The Medical Oxygen Factory under the Ministry of Public Health is located in a scenic spot on

September 14, 2025

Pyongyang, September 14 (KCNA) -- The Medical Oxygen Factory under the Ministry of Public Health is located in a scenic spot on

Technical Lecture on Paddy-field Fish Breeding Given

Technical Lecture on Paddy-field Fish Breeding Given

Pyongyang, September 13 (KCNA) -- A technical lecture on paddy-field fish breeding took place at the Agricultural Commission on

September 13, 2025

Pyongyang, September 13 (KCNA) -- A technical lecture on paddy-field fish breeding took place at the Agricultural Commission on

To Add Eternal Brilliance to Feats of Young People

To Add Eternal Brilliance to Feats of Young People

One day in September 2015, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un met an official and said that the letters reading "Hero Youth" should

September 13, 2025

One day in September 2015, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un met an official and said that the letters reading "Hero Youth" should

More Articles