Kim Il Sung Stadium ( Korean : 김일성경기장 ) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Pyongyang , the capital city of North Korea . The stadium is used primarily for association football matches.
20-544: Kim Il Sung Stadium was originally built by the Japanese as the Girimri Stadium (기림리공설운동장) in 1926 and held the annual Kyung-Pyong Football Match between Kyungsung FC and Pyongyang FC from the 1920s to the 1940s. After the division of Korea , it was used as a venue for speeches by politicians. On 14 October 1945, it was the site of Kim Il Sung 's victory speech after the liberation of Pyongyang, called " Every Effort for
40-679: A Korean -language newspaper of record for South Korea and among the oldest active newspapers in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993. Chosun Ilbo and its subsidiary company, Digital Chosun, operate the Chosun.com news website, which also publishes news in English, Chinese, and Japanese. The Chosun Ilbo Establishment Union
60-628: A supporter of North Korea. The Chosun Ilbo has been accused of being " chinilbanminjokhaengwi " (친일반민족행위, 親日反民族行爲, "pro-Japanese anti-nationalist activist"), because of controversy over its advocacy of the Korea under Japanese rule . In 2005, the South Korean government and Korean nationalist civic activists investigated whether Chosun Ilbo ' collaborated ' with the Japanese Empire . The Chosun Ilbo published articles described as excessively praising
80-544: The Imperial House of Japan every year from 1938 to 1940. Until 1987, the newspaper had reported favorably on South Korea's military dictatorships. In 2002, the prosecution sought a sentence of 7 years in prison and a fine of 12 billion won for Chosun Ilbo Chairman Bang Sang-hoon, who was indicted on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement. Chairman Bang was accused of evading 6.2 billion won in gift and corporate taxes, as well as embezzling 4.5 billion won in company funds. He
100-540: The Joseon era of Korea , Hanyang (currently Seoul ) was the capital , and Pyongyang was the second largest city. By the way, Joseon government created the discriminative atmosphere against Pyongan Province including Pyongyang, and there was also profound conflict between the two largest cities. They developed a rivalry due to Korean historical backgrounds. Many football clubs and school teams were made in 1910s in Korea along
120-517: The Kyung-Pyong Football Series , was a football rivalry in the early 20th century between Seoul (called Gyeongseong/Kyungsung or Keijō at the time) and Pyongyang which are currently capital of South Korea and North Korea . The clash between Korea's two biggest cities was considered as the biggest rivalry in Korea. Seoul and Pyongyang developed historical rivalry for over a century, and their football teams were no exception. In
140-591: The South Korean national anthem to be played in Kim Il Sung Stadium, or the flag of South Korea to be flown, as North and South Korea have never granted each other formal diplomatic recognition. The start and finish of the annual Pyongyang Marathon occurs at Kim Il Sung Stadium. 39°2′37.4″N 125°45′27.7″E / 39.043722°N 125.757694°E / 39.043722; 125.757694 Kyungsung FC%E2%80%93Pyongyang FC rivalry The Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry , commonly known as
160-615: The Building of a New Democratic Korea ." Most of the stadium was destroyed during the 1950-1953 Korean War , mostly by U.S. aerial bombing of the capital city during those years. Rebuilt in 1969, it was then called Moranbong Stadium , but in April 1982 it was renovated and renamed in honour of Kim Il Sung. It is used mainly for football matches, and until the 1990s hosted the mass games (now held in Rungnado May Day Stadium ). Today,
180-691: The Kim Il Sung stadium is used as the home ground for the North Korea national football team , the North Korea women's national football team and the Pyongyang City Sports Club and Kigwancha Sports Club . In 2008, on two occasions, a 2010 World Cup qualifying match between North and South Korea , due to be played in Pyongyang , had to be moved to Shanghai when authorities in the North refused to allow
200-588: The booming of football, and the All Joseon Football Tournament (predecessor of the Korean FA Cup ) was held in 1921. In this tournament, clubs based on Seoul such as Joseon FC [ ko ] , Youth Buddhist Club [ ko ] , and Health Club [ ko ] had matches against the clubs in Pyongyang like Muo FC [ ko ] . The first Kyung-Pyong Football Series
220-412: The gap in economic power and restoring lost communication between the two Koreas. For this reason, the newspaper has attracted heavy criticism and threats from the North. On 6 April 2019, Deutsche Welle described The Chosun Ilbo as "an outlet notorious for its dubious and politically motivated" reporting on North Korea. On 31 May 2019, the newspaper reported that, based on "an unidentified source",
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#1732858051336240-434: The head diplomat of North Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Hyok-chol , had been executed by a North Korean Government firing squad. However, two days later, on 2 June 2019, the top diplomat was seen at a concert sitting a few seats away from North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un . The Educational Broadcasting System 's popular instructor Choi Tae-seong, sued a Chosun Ilbo reporter for publishing an article that defamed him as
260-427: The horizontal left-to-right writing style already adopted by most other newspapers by the time, ahead of the paper's 79th anniversary. It also made a commitment to preserve and continue using hanja characters despite the change. Consequently, the 1 March 1999 issue (Issue No. 24305) became the last issue of Chosun Ilbo written in the vertical right-to-left style and the last mainstream Korean paper that published in
280-585: The style. All issues since 2 March 1999 have been in the modern horizontal left-to-right style. Besides the daily newspaper, the company also publishes the Weekly Chosun , the Monthly Chosun , Digital Chosun , Edu-Chosun , and ChosunBiz . The Chosun Ilbo has historically taken a hardline stance against North Korea. For example, it opposed South Korean President Kim Dae-jung 's Sunshine Policy , aimed at engaging North Korea through cooperation, mitigating
300-405: The twenty years since its founding, the paper had been suspended by the Japanese government four times, and its issues confiscated over five hundred times before 1932. When Korea gained independence in 1945, the Chosun Ilbo resumed publication after a five-year, three-month hiatus. On 1 March 1999, Chosun Ilbo announced that starting the following day (2 March 1999), it would be switching to
320-534: Was arrested in August of the previous year but was released on bail and has been on trial since. On June 29, 2006, he was indicted for evading 2.35 billion won in gift taxes by transferring 65,000 shares of Chosun Ilbo to his son through a nominal trust, and for misusing 2.57 billion won in company funds under the names of family members to increase capital in affiliates like Jogwang Publishing and Sports Chosun. The Supreme Court sentenced Chairman Bang to 3 years in prison with
340-766: Was created in September 1919. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper was founded on 5 March 1920 by Sin Sogu with the financial support of the Daejong Business Association. Cho Jin-Tae, the vice-chairman of the Daejong Business Association was appointed the first President of the newspaper in 1920. However, as the Business Association failed to pay promised finances, the relationship between the Association and Chosun Ilbo broke down five months after its founding, and Cho Jin-Tae
360-511: Was held by the Chosun Ilbo in Seoul in 1929, and the united team in each city participated. It was so popular as most of the shops closed at the match days. However, the series was often stopped because of the riot between excited fans, and at last it was all folded after 1930. In 1933, Pyongyang FC and Kyungsung FC were officially founded, and the annual series was reopened. After 1936, however, it
380-404: Was replaced by Yoo Moon-Hwan on 15 August 1920. On 6 April 1921, after only a year of publishing, the Chosun Ilbo went on hiatus due to financial troubles. On 31 July 1940, the newspaper published "Lessons of American Realism", the fourth part of an editorial series. Ten days later – following issue 6,923 – the paper was declared officially discontinued by the Japanese ruling government. In
400-400: Was substituted by other cup matches which many clubs from other cities joined. Despite the end of the series, the two clubs occasionally met each other in several competitions until the division of South and North Korea. The Chosun Ilbo Defunct The Chosun Ilbo ( Korean : 조선일보 , lit. ' Korea Daily Newspaper ' ), also known as The Chosun Daily , is
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