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Sports Contest among Officials of Ministries and National Institutions-2019 Opens
Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- The sports contest among officials of ministries and national institutions-2019 was opened with due ceremony on Tuesday at the Basketball Gymnasium in Chongchun Street to mark the founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The participants will compete in men's basketball, women's volleyball, table-tennis, Taekwon-do, tug of war and colorful sports and amusement games on a knock-out basis at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium, gymnasiums in Chongchun Street, the Taekwon-Do Hall, etc.

Attending the opening ceremony were Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet and chairman of the State Planning Commission who doubles as vice-chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, Jon Kwang Ho, vice-premier of the Cabinet, and officials and players of ministries and national institutions.

At the end of the ceremony there took place a demonstration of players of the Taekwon-Do Team of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee and other events.

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