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Ten Best Players, Coaches for 2025 Announced in DPRK

Date: 20/01/2026 | Source: Sports DPRK (En) | Read original version at source

A meeting with sportspersons who won the international games in 2025 washeld on Friday.

Present there were Kim Il Guk,minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the DPRK, Kim Myong Gun, chairman ofthe Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, officials in the field of sports,sportspersons and others.

Sportspersons, who flew thedignified national flag of the Republic to the sky of the world at theinternational games last year, made speeches.

The ten best players and the tenbest coaches of the DPRK for 2025 were announced at the meeting.

The ten best players are Yu JongHyang, a footballer of the April 25 Players Team, Song Kuk Hyang and Ri SongGum, weightlifters of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Ri Suk, a student of theweightlifting course of combat sports faculty of the Central Sports School, OKyong Ryong, a wrestler of the Pyongyang Sports Team, Han Chong Song, awrestler of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Won Myong Gyong, a wrestler of theJangsan Sports Team, Pang Chol Mi, a boxer of the Kumgangsan Players Team, HongJin Gyong, a Taekwon-Do player of the South Hwanghae Provincial Taekwon-DoPlayers Team, and Han Il Ryong, a marathoner of the Amnokgang Sports Team.

The ten best coaches are Pak SongJin, a football coach of the April 25 Players Team, Kim Song Chol, aweightlifting coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Jong Song Hui, a teacherof weightlifting department of combat sports faculty and an academic adviser ofthe scientific research course of the Central Sports School, Kye Song Il, aweightlifting coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Pak Hyon Chol, head ofthe Sports Team of the Ministry of External Economic Relations, Yang Chun Song,a wrestling coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Pak Chol Jun, a boxingcoach of the Kumgangsan Players Team, Sa Ok Jin, a Taekwon-Do coach of theRyongaksan Taekwon-Do Players Team, Choe Hyong Chol, a marathon coach of theAmnokgang Sports Team, and So Un Hak, a weightlifting coach of the April 25Combat Sports Team.

The ten best players and ten bestcoaches were awarded the certificates and sportswear inscribed with the lettersreading "DPRK's Ten Best Players for 2025" and "DPRK's Ten BestCoaches for 2025".

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