The joint editorial stressed the need to raise a hot wind across the country to make Songun Korea widely known as a football and sports power.

The DPRK made signal successes in sports last year.

The DPRK men's football teams placed first at the AFC Challenger Cup Tournament, U-19 Asian Soccer Championship, U-16 Asian Soccer Championship, 4-nation Soccer Tournament in Qatar and the International Tournament for the Vietnam Football Association Cup.

The DPRK women's team won a birth to the 2011 Women's World Cup.

DPRK players grabbed world and Asian titles in shooting, weight-lifting, boxing and various other events.

The DPRK is now channeling efforts into the development of football while positively pushing forward the drive to put sports on a popular and scientific basis and train reserve players.