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Korea's Marathon: A
Rare Chance to
Tour Pyongyang on Foot
News from
**rth Korea is rarely positive and often exaggerated. Recent rumors coming out of the country have included everything from executions by packs of dogs to government-mandated haircuts, and the outlandish stories are made all the more believable by even
stranger firsthand accounts.
It's e**ugh to make the thought of a
**rth Korean marathon sound mundane. But the 27th annual Mangyongdae Prize Marathon was opened to foreign amateur runners for the first time this year, allowing some relatively ordinary athletes a unique view of one of the world's most secretive countries.
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