North Korea cancels Pyongyang Marathon for 'some reasons'

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North Korea cancels Pyongyang Marathon for 'some reasons' - sh.itjust.works

Lemmy

The Arc de Triomphe is in North Korea?
The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang is one of the largest Triumphal arches in the world, and commemorates Korean resistance against the Japanese, from 1925-1945
Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang) - Wikipedia

Noooooooww I fucking know why Trump wants a goddamn Arch

Koryo Tours, based in Beijing, China, offers several marathon packages to foreigners, departing from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang.

Packages start from €2,190 ($2,529; £1,894) for 2.5 nights in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, including a marathon place and “highlights” of the capital and tickets were sold out this year, according to the agency’s website.

Is this just an ad for a tourist company that got smuggled into a BBC article?

Probably. The news are full of these, some of them better disguised than others.

They’re called advertorials, I think. It’s infuriating once you start getting better at noticing them and notice them more and more.

Advertorial - Wikipedia

BBC is supposed to be pretty strict about advertising though, historically