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A torch-kindling ceremony for the 10th International Martial Arts Games took place in Pyongyang on August 21.

The torch kindled at the martial arts torch tower at the Sports Village on Chongchun Street will be brought to light the cauldron in 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 College and working people in Pyongyang.

Also seen there were members of the diplomatic corps in Pyongyang.

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 the secretary general of the International Martial Arts Games Committee, lit and handed the torch for the games to torch-bearers.

Then followed Taekwon-Do, wushu and karate demonstrations.