Loneliness of the long distance runners in North Korea
(WorldNews North Korea)

A few hundred foreigners lined up in Kim Il Sung stadium Sunday for the Pyongyang marathon, less than half of last year`s contingent with Western tourism to North Korea battered by nuclear tensions and a US travel ban. A packed crowd in the 47,000-capacity arena cheered and applauded before the runners streamed out of the stadium beneath portraits of the North`s founder and his son and successor Kim Jong Il. ......