calendar>>January 12. 2009 Juche 98
First Day of Sports Observed across Country
Pyongyang, January 12 (KCNA) -- Officials and working people across the country conducted popular sports activities on January 11, first Day of Sports this year.

Officials of the ministries and national institutions in Pyongyang had group running and presented group performances of mass rhythmic exercise and Taekwon-do exercise for health.

The runners ran along the streets of the city full of vigor sharing their breaths and mind to glorify this year as a year of fresh revolutionary upswing.

The group performances of mass rhythmic exercise and Taekwon-do exercise for health presented by officials of the ministries and national institutions at Kim Il Sung Square added to the elated atmosphere of the capital city of Pyongyang stirring with the drive of working people to perform fresh feats in the new year.

Officials and working people in South Phyongan, South Hamgyong, Kangwon, Ryanggang and North Phyongan Provinces conducted such colorful sports activities as group running, tug of war, basketball, volleyball and Yut games.

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