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15th Paektusan Sports Contest Opens
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The 15th sports contest of officials of national institutions for Paektusan Prize for commemorating February 16 was opened with due ceremony at the Basketball Gymnasium in Chongchun Street Thursday.

Eleven events such as basketball, volleyball, table tennis, Taekwon-Do, shooting and seesaw will take place at the May Day Stadium, Taekwon-Do Hall and gymnasiums in Chongchun Street.

Present at the opening ceremony were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Vice-Premier Kwak Pom Gi, officials concerned, players and officials of ministries and national institutions.

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