Pyongyang, October 12 (KCNA) -- Mass sports activities are brisk across the DPRK.

This year alone, more than 280 units across the country have become model sports units (including double) amid brisk sports activities at factories, enterprises, farms, etc. true to the intention of the Workers' Party of Korea to make sports mass-based and part of everyday life.

The Chongryu Restaurant is organizing diverse sports events on several occasions to help its employees acquire more than one sports skill.

The Unha Technological Preparatory Centre under the Unha Trade Bureau and the Okryu Children's Hospital put the mass sports on a normal basis, thus encouraging the enthusiasm of their officials and employees for sports.

The Tansang Sportswear Manufactory under the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports and the Phungyang Farm in Jongphyong County, South Hamgyong Province are striving to encourage and popularize Taekwon-Do, the orthodox martial art of the Korean nation.

The North Hwanghae Provincial General Hospital, the Pyongyang Plastic Building Materials Factory and many other units are conducting the work to raise the public interest in sports in various forms and by various methods.

The Sangwon Cement Complex organizes national sports games including Korean wrestling and tug of war and various ball games.

The Haeju Smeltery and the Jagang Provincial Information and Communications Centre are organizing diverse sports and amusement games to make every workplace full of revolutionary optimism and enthusiasm. -0-