SEOUL: North Korea is reportedly close to securing its first significant global sports event for almost 40 years, in line with leader Kim Jong-Un’s plans to turn the reclusive country into a sporting powerhouse.
According to Inside the Games, a website specializing in the organization of international sporting events, Pyongyang hopes to host the world junior judo championships in 2017, and the world weightlifting juniors a year later.
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