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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Seoul International MarathonKenyan marathoner Thomas Rono finishes first at the 2019 Seoul International Marathon held in the capital city on March 17, 2019. (Yonhap)
