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Enthusiasm for Sports Runs High in DPRK
Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- August and September are the months for the people's physical strength examination in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

With the months as an occasion, efforts are concentrated on whipping up the atmosphere for sports across the country and inspiring all the people to take part in mass sports activities.

Every year all the sectors and units, including ministries and national institutions, have paid deep attention to the physical training of their employees so that they can pass through the examination in sports events and standards set by the state.

Also, a campaign has been conducted to provide enough sports facilities and raise the people's interest in sports.

Enthusiasm for sports activities is now running high at industrial establishments and schools and in co-op farms and other fields, through the preparations for the people's physical strength examination.

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