Tag: marathon

Picture of the Day: South Korea’s “Naked Marathon”

| February 18, 2026
Participants run shirtless on Saturday during the Pyeongchang Daegwallyeong Naked Marathon, held in Pyeonchang, Gangwon Province. (Newsis)
Participants run shirtless on Saturday during the Pyeongchang Daegwallyeong Naked Marathon, held in Pyeonchang, Gangwon Province. (Newsis)

Picture of the Day: North Korea Holds First International Marathon in Six Years

| April 9, 2025
N. Korea holds 1st int'l marathon in 6 years
N. Korea holds 1st int’l marathon in 6 years
Runners, including those from abroad, take part in an international marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. It marked the North’s first international marathon in about six years after a hiatus due to COVID-19. (Yonhap)

Tweet of the Day: Foreigners Can Attend 2025 Pyeongyang Marathon

| March 5, 2025

Picture of the Day: Daegu Marathon

| February 26, 2025
Daegu Marathon
Daegu Marathon
Participants of the 2025 Daegu Marathon crowd streets of the city, 233 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Feb. 23, 2025, in this photo provided by a reader. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul Marathon

| November 14, 2024
Marathon in Seoul
Marathon in Seoul
Children and other participants begin a marathon in central Seoul on Nov. 10, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Seoul Indoor Marathon

| July 3, 2024
Indoor marathon
Indoor marathon
Participants in the “Speed Race 8.4” indoor marathon competition run on treadmills inside Jangchung Arena in Seoul on June 29, 2024. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Half Naked Marathon

| January 2, 2024
Running half-naked
Running half-naked
Participants in the Sunyang Maenmom Running Festa prepare for the start on the Expo Bridge in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 1, 2024, in this photo provided by The Mackiss Company. The company said 2,024 runners took part in the seventh annual half-naked marathon event. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Naked Marathon

| January 30, 2023
Running in freezing weather
Running in freezing weather
Braving freezing weather, mostly shirtless participants of an annual “naked marathon race” run on a road at Daegwallyeong Pass in Pyeongchang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul, on Jan. 28, 2023. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Son Kee-chung Marathon in Seoul

| November 18, 2019
Marathon begins
Marathon beginsPeople participate in the SonKeeChung Peace Marathon in Seoul on Nov. 17, 2019. Son, Korea’s legendary marathoner, won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but his medal was counted as Japan’s as Korea was then under Tokyo’s colonial rule. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: DMZ Marathon

| September 3, 2019
Marathon along DMZ
Marathon along DMZRunners participate in a race along the demilitarized zone, close to the border with North Korea, in the central border town of Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, on Sept. 1, 2019, in this photo provided by city government of Cheorwon. (Yonhap)