North Korea stages first international marathon in six years

North Korea holds its first post-Covid Pyongyang International Marathon, as hundreds of runners take to the capital's streets and onlookers cheer for the first time in six years. Foreign athletes arrived in the city ahead of the running contest, held to celebrate the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, in 1912. The marathon is the largest international sporting event in the reclusive country, offering a rare opportunity for visitors to run through the streets of the tightly controlled capital.