North Korea forgets arms race to focus on marathon
Sean Plambeck
News Limited Network
April 15, 20135:30AM
Runners pass by a long row of North Korean soldiers as they cross a bridge in Pyongyang during the 26th Mangyongdae Prize Marathon, held to mark the upcoming April 15 birthday of the late leader Kim Il Sung. Picture: David Guttenfelder Source: AP
THE world has been fearfully awaiting North Korea's next step - but it's been busy staging marathons and gala concerts.
North Korea literally trotted out athletes from around the world for a marathon through the streets of its capital - suggesting its concerns of an imminent military crisis might not be as dire as its official pronouncements proclaim. In other developments, the US and Japan appear more keen than North Korea about restarting talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program and the London School of Economics is furious at the BBC for using its students as cover to get into the secretive nation.
