DOCSLIB.ORG

The Pyongyang Marathon April 9, 2017

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

THE PYONGYANG MARATHON APRIL 9, 2017 3-night / 5-night / 10-night tour packages from Tongil Tours GET READY FOR THE MOST UNIQUE AND FASCINATING MARATHON EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD — THE 2017 PYONGYANG MARATHON! Phoenix and Australia-based Tongil Tours is pleased to announce that we will be bringing runners to the most unique and fascinat- ing marathon experience in the world—the 2017 Pyongyang Marathon! Amateurs and spectators alike are welcome. Cheering on the runners... PYONGYANG MARATHON PACKAGES PACKAGE 1 — THE 3-night APRIL 8 - 11, 2017 1 3 nights/4 days | AUD $1800 / USD $1325 / EUR €1175 The 3-nighter is a perfect option for those who want a shorter, budget option. You’ll get a Pyongyang City tour, experience some of the local pubs, and also travel through the countryside to Ancient Kaesong and the DMZ. PACKAGE 2 — THE 5-night APRIL 8 - 13, 2017 2 5 nights/6 days | AUD $2125 / USD $1575 / EUR €1390 The 5-nighter builds on the 3-night tour, adding a number of exciting activities and sites, including a second trip outside of Pyongyang to Mt. Myohyang where we will stay in Mt Myohyang Hotel. As well, we will take some rides on the Pyong- yang Metro, visit a local school and help teach an English lesson, and spend some time at The National Gallery of Art. This package has the most bang for the buck, for sure. PACKAGE 3 — THE 10-night APRIL 8 - 18, 2017 3 10 nights/11 days | AUD $3150 / USD $2325 / EURO €2050 The 10-nighter is a special tour. It includes all of the excitement of the 3- and 5-night itineraries, but also includes the beautiful eastern coast of North Korea, where we will stay at the 5-star Majon Hotel. But we will also be there on April 15, Kim Il Sung’s birthday, which is one of the most important holidays, with lots of opportu- nities to join in on last-minute activities with the locals. This package is packed with potential and excitement. PYONGYANG MARATHON RACE INFORMATION The 2017 Pyongyang Marathon is on! Having only been open to foreign amateurs since only 2014, The Pyongyang Marathon is an exciting new must-have running experience for both professional and amateur runners of all nations. United States, Australian, and all other nationalities are welcome to participate, and Tongil Tours is pleased to handle all of your needs, including race registration, visa, and ticket handling round-trip to Beijing. Please note that you cannot register for the Pyongyang Marathon independently. All runners must register through an officially licensed DPRK tour operator. THE RACE — 10K, Half Marathon, and the Full Marathon: all three take place at the same time, and on the same course. The Pyongyang marathon is an officially recognized IAAF (International Asso- ciation of Athletics Federations). It is a 10K loop. You’ll have some great views of Pyongyang’s most famous sites as you run! 1 PACKAGE 1 — THE 3-night APRIL 8 - 11, 2017 3 nights/4 days AUD $1800 / USD $1325 / EUR €1175 SATURDAY APRIL 8 10 AM (Beijing time) – A Tongil Tours staff member will be ready to meet participants in Beijing International Airport. Assemble at Koryo Air flight counter in Beijing International Airport terminal 2 for quick briefing ses- sion before taking Air Koryo flight JS 152 to Pyongyang at 12:55pm. 12:55 midday – (Beijing time) – Estimated flight take off time. Flight time – approx. two hours. 3:30PM – (Pyongyang time, half an hour later than Beijing time) – Estimated time of arrival in Pyongyang. PM – Meet our Korean guides at Sunan International Airport. Half hour drive to Pyongyang. Once we get into Pyongyang, we’ll take a tour of Kim Il Sung Stadium, where the race will commence and end. Next, we’ll go for a bus ride following the route to help everyone get acquainted. Following this we will head to dinner, and then it’s time to rest up for the big day! Overnight in the Yanggak Island Hotel. SUNDAY APRIL 9 - RACE DAY! 7am (Pyongyang time) – Off we go to Kim Il Sung Stadium for the Pyongyang Marathon, known officialy as the Mangyongdae Prize International Pyongyang Marathon. 8am – Opening ceremony 9am – Race begins! Those not running will be able to spectate. This will include a soccer match in the stadium. 1pm- Award ceremony in Kim Il Sung Stadium. After the race we’ll head back to the hotel for a shower and a bit of rest. After that, we’ll head to the Taedong- gang Microbrewery No. 3, where we will raise a celebratory glass to our completion of the marathon. Next, we’ll head to the Juche Tower. We will check out the exterior of the tower from the base before stepping inside to have a look at the interior and then taking the elevator to the top for a spectacular view of Pyongyang. Those wishing to take the elevator to the top will need to purchase a ticket, a €5 euro (approx. $8 AUD) out of pocket expense to be paid in cash on the day in euros, Chinese yuan (approx. 40 yuan), or US dollars (approx. $6). Following that we’ll head to Kim Il Sung Square (where all of the massive military parades are held) and have a walk, and some photo ops. Next, we will head to the Foreign Language Bookstore nearby, where you can find a variety of English language DPRK books, maps, stamps, art, and other souvenirs. We’ll then head to our dinner venue, after which we’ll head back to the hotel where we can settle down at the pub for another drink, or hit the hay after a long day of running and site-seeing, Overnight in the Yanggak Island Hotel. MONDAY APRIL 10 AM – After breakfast, we will begin the two-hour drive to Kaesong and the DMZ. We will pass through Kaesong and head to the DMZ (Demilitarised Zone), border between the North and South. At the DMZ we will visit the Armistice Talks Hall, the Armistice Signing Hall and Panmunjom Peace Village from the northern side. At Panmunjom Peace Village we will view the south from metres away at the balcony of Panmun Pavilion. Then, provided there isn’t a tour group from the south visiting at the same time who has booked the room (note that this is rare but does happen sometimes), we will be able to get right up to the bor- der with South Korea, even technically crossing it in one of the negotiation huts which lie between the north- ern and southern sides of the compound and are bisected by the border. PM- Ancient Kaesong, for a traditional lunch consisting of local specialties. Next, we will visit the Koryo History Museum. This museum is dedicated to Kaesong’s past as capital of Korea. Exhibits are housed in Kaesong’s former Confucian Academy (Songgyungwan). Next, a quick visit to the postcard and stamp shop across the road. We will then drive back to Pyongyang, stopping off at the Tomb of King Kongmin of the Koryo dynasty. Set atop a hill offering scenic views are the two burial mounds of King Kongmin and his wife, Mongolian princess Queen Noguk. After arriving back in Pyongyang, we will visit the Mansudae Grand Monument, which consists of two large statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il flanked by sculptures depicting the Korean people’s experiences during Japanese colonialism and the Korean War. Dinner. Overnight in the Yanggak Island Hotel. TUESDAY APRIL 11 AM – After breakfast, we drive to Sunan airport for Air Koryo JS 151 back to Beijing. 9AM (Pyongyang time) – Estimated departure time. Flight time – approximately two hours. 10:30PM (Beijing time, half an hour earlier than Pyongyang time) – Estimated arrival time. We conclude our journey in Beijing capital Airport, terminal 2. 2 PACKAGE 2 — THE 5-night APRIL 8 - 13, 2017 5 nights/6 days AUD $2125 / USD $1575 / EUR €1390 SATURDAY APRIL 8 10 AM (Beijing time) – A Tongil Tours staff member will be ready to meet participants in Beijing International Airport. Assemble at Koryo Air flight counter in Beijing International Airport terminal 2 for quick briefing session before taking Air Koryo flight JS 152 to Pyongyang at 12:55pm. 12:55 midday – (Beijing time) – Estimated flight take off time. Flight time – approx. two hours. 3:30PM – (Pyongyang time, half an hour later than Beijing time) – Estimated time of arrival in Pyongyang. PM – Meet our Korean guides at Sunan International Airport. Half hour drive to Pyongyang. Once we get into Pyongyang, we’ll take a tour of Kim Il Sung Stadium, where the race will commence and end. Next, we’ll go for a bus ride following the route to help everyone get acquainted. Following this we will head to dinner, and then it’s time to rest up for the big day! Overnight in the Yanggak Island Hotel. SUNDAY APRIL 9 - RACE DAY! 7am (Pyongyang time) – Off we go to Kim Il Sung Stadium for the Pyongyang Marathon, known officialy as the Mangyongdae Prize International Pyongyang Marathon. 8am – Opening ceremony 9am – Race begins! Those not running will be able to spectate. This will include a soccer match in the stadium. 1pm- Award ceremony in Kim Il Sung Stadium. After the race we’ll head back to the hotel for a shower and a bit of rest. After that, we’ll head to the Taedong- gang Microbrewery No. 3, where we will raise a celebratory glass to our completion of the marathon. Next, we’ll head to the Juche Tower.
Recommended publications
  • People for Profit: North Korean Forced Labour on a Global Scale Edited by Remco E

    People for Profit: North Korean Forced Labour on a Global Scale Edited by Remco E

    PEOPLE FOR PROFIT People for Profit North Korean Forced Labour on a Global Scale Edited by Remco E. Breuker & Imke B.L.H. van Gardingen Contributors Jan Blinka Britt C.H. Blom Marte C.H. Boonen Klara Boonstra Rosa Brandse Remco E. Breuker Imke B.L.H. van Gardingen Larissa van den Herik Tycho A. van der Hoog Marieke P. Meurs Cedric Ryngaert Shannon R. Stewart Anoma P. van der Veere This is an open source publication by LeidenAsiaCentre. Copyright © 2018 (authors). People for Profit: North Korean Forced Labour on a Global Scale Edited by Remco E. Breuker and Imke B.L.H. van Gardingen ISBN 978-90-826167-1-2 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-826167-3-6 (e-book) LeidenAsiaCentre is an independent research centre affiliated with Leiden University and made possible by a grant from the Vaes Elias Fund. The centre focuses on academic research with direct application to society. All research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide variety of partners from Dutch society. More information can be found on our website: www.leidenasiacentre.nl For contact or orders: [email protected] M. de Vrieshof 3, 2311 BZ Leiden, The Netherlands Book design: A.P. van der Veere Contents Contributors IX Acknowledgements XII Introduction Remco E. Breuker and Imke B.L.H. van Gardingen 1 Chapter I Setting the Background: Labour Conditions in the DPRK Remco E. Breuker 6 Chapter II Accountability for DPRK Workers in the Value Chain: The Case of Partner Shipyard, a Polish Shipbuilder and its Dutch Partners Imke B.L.H.
  • Republic of Kim

    Republic of Kim

    Ovid quate nulpa num entis mincto volup- taque labo. Itatum utem. Laboris ea nonse- quia demolupta dolumqui dolut alibus etusam Wong Maye-E AP A submarine-launched “Pukguksong” missile is displayed in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, REPUBLIC OF KIM ASSOCIATED PRESS STAFF STORY X 1 June 1, 2017 Wong Maye-E AP Missiles believed to be the Pukguksong 2 are displayed in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Pukguksong 2 uses solid fuel, which means it can be hidden and ready for rapid launch. A new balance of terror: Why North Korea clings to its nukes By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Early one winter morning, Kim Jong Un stood at a remote observation post overlooking a valley of rice paddies near the Chinese border. The North Korean leader beamed with delight as he watched four extended range Scud missiles roar of their mobile launchers, comparing the sight to a team of acrobats performing in unison. Minutes later the projectiles splashed into the sea of the Japanese coast, 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from where https://apnews.com/f3cdf8f726084d13b33f09a5bd1845d0/A-new-balance-of-terror:-Why-North-Korea-clings-to-its-nukes Republic of Kim > ASSOCIATED PRESS p. 1 of 8 he was standing. It was an unprecedented event. North Korea had just run its frst simulated nuclear attack on an American military base. This scene from March 6, described in government propaganda, shows how the North’s seemingly crazy, suicidal nuclear program is neither crazy nor suicidal. Rather, this is North Korea’s very deliberate strategy to ensure the survival of its ruling regime.
  • Special Report No

    Special Report No

    SPECIAL REPORT NO. 490 | FEBRUARY 2021 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE w w w .usip.org North Korea in Africa: Historical Solidarity, China’s Role, and Sanctions Evasion By Benjamin R. Young Contents Introduction ...................................3 Historical Solidarity ......................4 The Role of China in North Korea’s Africa Policy .........7 Mutually Beneficial Relations and Shared Anti-Imperialism..... 10 Policy Recommendations .......... 13 The Unknown Soldier statue, constructed by North Korea, at the Heroes’ Acre memorial near Windhoek, Namibia. (Photo by Oliver Gerhard/Shutterstock) Summary • North Korea’s Africa policy is based African arms trade, construction of owing to African governments’ lax on historical linkages and mutually munitions factories, and illicit traf- sanctions enforcement and the beneficial relationships with African ficking of rhino horns and ivory. Kim family regime’s need for hard countries. Historical solidarity re- • China has been complicit in North currency. volving around anticolonialism and Korea’s illicit activities in Africa, es- • To curtail North Korea’s illicit activ- national self-reliance is an under- pecially in the construction and de- ity in Africa, Western governments emphasized facet of North Korea– velopment of Uganda’s largest arms should take into account the histor- Africa partnerships. manufacturer and in allowing the il- ical solidarity between North Korea • As a result, many African countries legal trade of ivory and rhino horns and Africa, work closely with the Af- continue to have close ties with to pass through Chinese networks. rican Union, seek cooperation with Pyongyang despite United Nations • For its part, North Korea looks to China, and undercut North Korean sanctions on North Korea.
  • Understanding Korea 8 Tourism & Investment

    Understanding Korea 8 Tourism & Investment

    UNDERSTANDING KOREA 8 TOURISM & INVESTMENT PYONGYANG, KOREA Juche 106 (2017) UNDERSTANDING KOREA 8 TOURISM & INVESTMENT Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, Korea Juche 106 (2017) CONTENTS 1. Tourism Resources.................................................1 2. Major Tourist Attractions .......................................1 3. Pyongyang, a Tourist Destination...........................2 4. Monumental Structures in Pyongyang....................2 5. Grand Monument on Mansu Hill............................2 6. Tower of the Juche Idea..........................................3 7. Monument to Party Founding .................................4 8. Chollima Statue.......................................................5 9. Arch of Triumph .....................................................6 10. Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum and Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War ....................7 11. Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification......................................8 12. Parks and Pleasure Grounds in Pyongyang.............9 13. Moran Hill ............................................................10 14. Kaeson Youth Park ...............................................10 15. Rungna People’s Pleasure Ground........................11 16. Pyongyang, a Time-Honoured City ......................12 17. Royal Tombs in Pyongyang..................................13 18. Mausoleum of King Tangun................................. 13 19. Mausoleum of King Tongmyong.......................... 14 20.
  • May Day Short Tour May Day Is One of the Best Times to Visit North Korea

    May Day Short Tour May Day Is One of the Best Times to Visit North Korea

    May Day Short Tour May Day is one of the best times to visit North Korea during the calendar year for the fine weather and festivities. Also known as International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, the May Day celebration is a day off and locals take to the outdoors for picnics, dancing, and sports - and you can join in too! In Pyongyang, there is an annual festival held at Mt. Taesong with musical performances and traditional folk games. Spring is in the air and May Day offers a good chance to meet the locals and learn about everyday leisure in North Korea. In addition to the highlights of the North Korean capital Pyongyang and taking a day trip out to visit historic Kaesong and the DMZ, we’ll have time for walks in the city, dining at Pyongyang’s most famous restaurant, shopping at the local Kwangbok supermarket, a picnic lunch. Plus, a volleyball game against a Korean company team. Volleyball is one of the most popular sports in North Korea and almost every company, school, office, section, or unit has a team! See if you can beat them! The Experts in Travel to Rather Unusual Destinations. [email protected] | +86 10 6416 7544 | www.koryotours.com 27 Bei Sanlitun Nan, Chaoyang District, 100027, Beijing, China The Experts in Travel to Rather Unusual Destinations. [email protected] | +86 10 6416 7544 | www.koryotours.com 27 Bei Sanlitun Nan, Chaoyang District, 100027, Beijing, China Download our new (and free!) Koryo Tours North Korea Guide Book for full descriptions of locations on the itinerary below.
  • Dear Runners, One Big Happy CRC Family at Last Week's Slay the Dragon!

    Dear Runners, One Big Happy CRC Family at Last Week's Slay the Dragon!

    Issue no. 59 Sunday 4th March 2012 www.crewkernerc.btck.co.uk Dear Runners, One big happy CRC family at last week’s Slay The Dragon! Firstly may I remind you all that this coming Thursday is a pub run! We will run as usual from the car park at 6.30, with the option of a meal afterwards at Oscars for all who fancy it! If you are a newer member who hasn’t been to a pub run before, then why not make this your first?? Go on…. West Bay Run While I didn’t run myself today, I have hear from the wise Harwood that 7 ran from Crewkerne today, picking another 7 up at Wynyards Gap and 3 in Beaminster. While it was a wet and cold start the weather cleared by the time they had reached West Bay, where 11 stayed for food. Hope to bring some pictures next week! Slay The Dragon – The Results…. The results from last week’s 10k are in and we are also lucky the on site photographer got some cracking shots and has added his own little creative touch to them….at the expense of someone! Thanks Derek – kick a man while he’s down! Name Position Time Nick Sale 3rd 39.32 Tom Baker 6th 42.37 Simon Land 7th 42.48 Matt Bryant 8th 43.21 Rachel Hayton 31st 50.27 Roger Still 32nd 50.36 Linda Still 41st 52.49 Sarah Warren 42nd 52.54 Tim Hoyle 62nd 57.18 Sara Fair 77th 1.00.51 And finally….
  • Cape Town Marathon Men 2018 PROFILES

    Cape Town Marathon Men 2018 PROFILES

    Cape Town Marathon Men 2018 PROFILES Nedbank Running Club - Administrative Head Office Tel: (012) 541 0577 Fax: (012) 541 3752 www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za CURRICULUM VITAE: Sintayehu Legese Yinesu PERSONAL INFORMATION SURNAME: Yinesu FIRST NAMES: Sintayehu COUNTRY: Ethiopia CLUB: Nedbank Running Club D.O.B: 1990 Personal Bests Event Result Venue Date Half Matrathon 1:02:59 Granollers (ESP) 01.02.2015 Marathon 2:11:07 Paris (FRA) 12.04.2015 Personal Performances 2018 Mandela Day Marathon (RSA) 2:28:02 (1st) Personal Performances 2017 Soweto Marathon (RSA) 2:20:56 (2nd) Personal Performances 2016 OR Thambo Marathon (RSA) 2:11:20 (2nd) Personal Performances 2015 Soweto Marathon (RSA) 2:23:20 (Winner) Granollers (ESP) 21km 1:02:59 Paris Marathon (FRA) 2:11:07 Personal Performances 2014 Soweto Marathon (RSA) 2:17:55 (Winner) Nedbank Running Club - Administrative Head Office Tel: (012) 541 0577 Fax: (012) 541 3752 www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za CURRICULUM VITAE: Ketema Bekele NEGASA PERSONAL INFORMATION SURNAME: Negasa FIRST NAMES: Ketema COUNTRY: Ethiopia CLUB: Nedbank Running Club D.O.B: 07.10.1986 Personal Bests Event Result Venue Date 42km 2:11:06 Cape Town Marathon (RSA) 2017 Personal Performances 2017 Cape Town Marathon (RSA) 2:11:06 Personal Performances 2016 Pyongyang Marathon (PRK) 2:14:31 Personal Performances 2014 Tiberias Marathon (ISR) 2:11:17 Gauteng Marathon (RSA) 2:15:05 (Winner) Personal Performances 2013 North Korea Marathon 2:12 (Winner) Siberian Marathon 2:13:23 (Winner) Pyongyang, PRK Mangyongdae Marathon 2:13:04 (Winner)
  • Pyongyang Marathon Short Tour from Shanghai

    Pyongyang Marathon Short Tour from Shanghai

    Pyongyang Marathon Short Tour from Shanghai TOUR April 8th – 13th 2022 2.5 nights in North Korea + Shanghai-Pyongyang travel time OVERVIEW Visit North Korea from Shanghai for the Pyongyang Marathon, one of the most unique marathons in the world! This long weekend adventure packs in the main North Korea attractions with one of the liveliest events of the year. It may be quick, so brace yourself for an action- packed, comprehensive tour. We won't leave without visiting Pyongyang's highlights including; the Pyongyang Metro, one of the deepest subway systems in the world, the Mansudae Grand Monument, the massive bronze statues of the DPRK leadership in downtown, and the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, the country's museum to the Korean War and where you can climb aboard the captured US spy ship the USS Pueblo. This tour will even get you down to historic Kaseong, capital of the medieval Koryo Dynasty, for a tour of the DMZ featuring Panmunjom and the Joint Security Area. ➤ Pyongyang Marathon 2022 Koryo Tours are the official partners of the Pyongyang Marathon. The marathon is a World Athletics’ Bronze Label Road Race, and also has AIMS Certification. Join the race and receive the most unique finisher's medal, running shirt, and race certificates available. Even if you're not a serious runner, the Pyongyang Marathon is an event like no other. It starts and ends in Kim Il Sung Stadium - a stadium filled with over 50,000 North Koreans cheering you on as you finish your race. It's an experience like no other.
  • ADMISSION EXAMINATION 2019/20 CHINESE PROGRAMMES 29 June 2019 19:00 – 21:00

    ADMISSION EXAMINATION 2019/20 CHINESE PROGRAMMES 29 June 2019 19:00 – 21:00

    Seat Number: Seat number: ADMISSION EXAMINATION 2019/20 CHINESE PROGRAMMES 29 June 2019 19:00 – 21:00 ENGLISH Time allowed: 2 hours Instructions: Follow instructions to every question carefully. Do not use a dictionary. Write ALL answers using a pen in this Examination Booklet. Applicant Number: AP19- ______________ Part A B C D E F Total Marks 26 10 10 14 20 20 100 Scores This Examination Booklet contains 11 pages including this one. Institute for Tourism Studies Chinese Programmes AP 19- ________________ Part A: Multiple Choice (26 marks) Choose the best answer to complete the following blanks. Circle the letter (a, b, or c) that represents the choice. 1. People _1_ have been to Hac Sa 8. The staff explained why the train was Beach before know its sand is black. delayed, but the passenger did not _8_ a. who the explanation. b. that a. accept c. which b. except c. aspect 2. The Senado Square is a _2_ tourists’ attraction. 9. Lately, there has been great debate _9_ a. popper many people on whether global warming b. popular is real. c. proper a. around b. among 3. My cousin and I have not talked to c. amount _3_ for more than 5 years. 10. _10_ seems to notice the newly opened a. each another café. It needs more promotion. b. each other a. Anybody c. each one other b. Nobody 4. _4_ the police arrived, the suspect c. Somebody had already left. 11. I know you can eat that extremely hot a. After chili, but I think you _11_.
  • NKO 07 SS R6.Indd

    NKO 07 SS R6.Indd

    Inside North Korea August 26–September 6, 2006 WALTER KEATS WALTER KEATS This fall, for the fourth time in 50 years, American tourists will be welcomed Highlights across the highly restricted borders of North Korea. Embracing this rare opportunity—and the true spirit of educational travel—Cal Discoveries/Bear • Attend the “Arirang Grand Mass Gymnastic and Artistic Performance,” Treks invites you along for a glimpse of the so-called “Hermit Kingdom.” a mesmerizing display of 100,000 Fertile ground for political scientists and historians, North Korea offers a performers moving in collective transformative travel experience for anyone curious artistic harmony. about the world around us. Dr. Patrick Hatcher, a military historian and popular lecturer, will accompany the group and share his knowledge and • At Mount Myohyang, visit a restored insights of the area. Buddhist temple amid a region of peaceful trails and waterfalls. Our tour is based in the capital of Pyongyang, where striking marble • Call at “Truce Village”—Panmunjom, monuments tower above wide boulevards nearly empty of traffic. Outside the where the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) city lies an unexpectedly serene landscape of sprawling hills, rugged mountains, separates North and South Korea as and farmers ploughing the world’s last remaining Cold War border. their fields with oxen. Of course, it is the • Take an elevator to the top of the people of North Korea � � � � � Juche Tower, the world’s tallest stone that make the country tower and a monument to the distinctly � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � unique. Our 12-day North Korean ideology of national self- reliance. ������������ tour begins and ends in Beijing, where we ��������� • Survey the relics of an ancient Korean ����� ��������� ������� will meet to discuss � � � � � kingdom at the Koryo Museum in � � � � � our experience in Kaesong, then have lunch at the � � � � � � � � � � candid conversations Kaesong Folklore Hotel.
  • Women's 100 Metres

    Women's 100 Metres

    IAAF World Championships Doha 2019 • Biographical Entry List • Women Women’s 100 Metres 52 Entrants Starts: Saturday, Sep 28 (16:30) 2019 World Best: 10.73 Elaine Thompson JAM Kingston 21 Jun 19 10.73 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM Kingston 21 Jun 19 Championship Record: 10.70 Marion Jones USA Seville 22 Aug 99 = IAAF invitee Age (Days) Born SB PB 225 GAITHER Tynia BAH 26y 194d 1993 11.04 11.04 -19 (Tynia pronounced ‘Tye-nia Gay-thurr’) Performed above expectations to reach the World 200m final in 2017 200 pb: 22.54 -16 (22.69 -19). 2 Youth Olympic Games 200 2010; sf WJC 200 2010; sf OLY 200 2016 (ht 100); 8 WCH 200 2017. 1 Bahamian 100/200 2016 (1 100 2017). Student of sociology at the University of Southern California In 2019: 1 Houston 400; 1 San Marcos 100/20; 1 St. Georges 200; 1 Houston 100; 2 Baie-Mahault 200; 3 Kingston Racers invitational 200; 4 Boston Games 150; 1 Houston 100; 1 Montverde 100; 1 Lucerne 200 (5 100); 2 Bahamian 100; 3 Pan-Am Games 200; 4 Madrid 100; 4 Rovereto 100; 1ht Bellinzona 100; 3 Zagreb 200; 1 Andújar 200 341 SANTOS Rosângela BRA 28y 280d 1990 11.23 10.91 -17 AR South American record holder at 60m & 100m. 2008 Olympic relay bronze (awarded in 2016!) 200 pb: 22.77 -15. 1 South American junior 100 2007; 4 World Youth 200 2007; 3 WJC 4x100 2008 (4 100); 3 OLY 4x100 2008; 5 WSG 100 2011; sf WCH 100 2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2011 (2015-4); 1 Ibero-American 100 2012/2016; sf OLY 100 2012/2016; sf WCH 100/200 2015; sf WIC 60 2016; 7 WCH 100 2017; ht WIC 60 2018; 1 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2019.
  • North Korean Realism, Conservatism and Ultranationalist Propaganda

    North Korean Realism, Conservatism and Ultranationalist Propaganda

    ESSAY, 14 December 2016 North Korean Realism, conservatism and ultranationalist propaganda Culture and the aesthetic theory of Juche: a journey around North Korea through cinema, propaganda, human rights, graphic novels and contemporary art. AUTHOR: Dario Giovanni Alì In 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council set up a committee of inquiry with the aim of shedding light on the current humanitarian emergency in North Korea, accused of committing numerous human and civil rights violations against its population. The accounts of refugees and the documents that have been gathered have led to a report of 372 pages in which the committee provides a detailed list of examples of discrimination and acts of violence. Besides the usual and, sadly, well-known forms of repression used by totalitarian regimes (social exclusion policies, kidnapping, torture, summary executions, etc.), the report does offer insights into an aspect that was unknown to the rest of the world until only a few years ago: the structure and organisation of North Korean society. Songbun Although the principles of equality and non-discrimination are enshrined in its constitution, North Korean society is organised into a system of 5 social castes (subdivided, in their turn, into 51 sub-categories), each of which enjoys specific privileges or restrictions on the basis of political, social and economic criteria. This system, which has a decisive effect on citizens’ lives, is called Songbun and serves to create a small ruling class that ensures the stability of the Kim dynasty, which has been in power since the foundation of the state (1948). People born into a family with a high degree of songbun will be assured a better quality of life from birth: they will almost certainly live in Pyongyang (where the country’s elite live), attend the best schools and universities, have the right to better healthcare and will probably obtain a prestigious position in society.