N Korea cancels Pyongyang Marathon for 'some reasons'
www.bbc.com
The annual event, usually held in April, has been cancelled a month before it was due to take place, a tour agency says.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Koryo Tours, based in Beijing, China, offers several marathon packages to foreigners, departing from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang.

    Packages start from €2,190 ($2,529; £1,894) for 2.5 nights in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, including a marathon place and “highlights” of the capital and tickets were sold out this year, according to the agency’s website.

    Is this just an ad for a tourist company that got smuggled into a BBC article?

  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    My spider sense started tingling yesterday when I saw that the US military is doing “exercises” with South Korea this week. Maybe they suspect what I suspect…