Torch-Kindling Ceremony for Int'l Martial Arts Games Held

Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- A torch-kindling ceremony for the 10th International Martial Arts Games took place here on August 21.

The torch kindled at the martial arts cauldron at the Sports Village in Chongchun Street will be brought to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony venue of the 10th International Martial Arts Games to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in October this year.

Present at the torch-kindling ceremony were Kim Kum Chol, member of the National Sports Guidance Committee and secretary general of the Cabinet, Kim Myong Gun, chairman of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, Taekwon-Do instructors and players, teachers and students of Pyongyang Municipal Taekwon-Do University and working people in Pyongyang.

Present there were members of the diplomatic corps here.

Ri Yong Son, chairman of the International Martial Arts Games Committee and president of the International Taekwon-Do Federation, made a speech.

The chairman of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee who is secretary general of the International Martial Arts Games Committee, handed the torch addressed to the games to torch-bearers.

Then, followed Taekwon-Do, Wushu and Karate demonstrations. -0-