Posts Tagged ‘Korea’

• The 5th East Asian Games closing “Tianjin moment” shine Hung Hom

  Date: 2009.12.13 | Category: Asian Games News | Response: 0

  BEIJING, December 13 reported that the East Asian Games Tonight “farewell” Hong Kong. China, North Korea, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei, Guam and Hong Kong, China and other delegations from nine countries and regions to create a legend of Lights, after the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom together into the “Tianjin moment.”

   

  

  Interpretation of the theme song Stars

   

  

  The Chinese delegation appearance

  The fifth East Asian Games closing ceremony tonight, 8 o’clock sharp in the beginning, Hung Hom, Hong Kong Coliseum. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, attended the closing ceremony and declared the Games closed. The fifth East Asian Games Organizing Committee, Mr Timothy Fok, president of Tsang Tak-sing has power speech.

  Tianjin Mayor, the Sixth East Asian Games Organizing Committee to attend the closing ceremony of the Executive Chairman of Xing-Guo Huang, and Tsang Tak-sing, who took over from the East Asian Games Association flag, the East Asian Games this into the “Tianjin moment.” Sixth East Asian Games host city of Tianjin, about ten minutes to bring a long literary and art performances – “Tianjin moment.”

  The fifth East Asian Games, nine-day, total of 22 sports, venues throughout Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories, about 2300 athletes compete for 262 gold medals, is the first large scale after the reunification multi-sports.

  Host, Hong Kong has sent 382 athletes and team officials more than a hundred expeditions of this East Asian Games, to participate in all the 22 competition categories, played in our history, the largest international multi-sports lineup.

  Hong Kong athletes give full play “host” geographical advantages, with 26 gold, 31 silver and 53 bronze the best record in the history of finishing fourth, behind Japan and Korea top three. In the soccer field, the young Hong Kong foot “Legend”, 12 yards penalty shoot-out victory over the Japanese team won the heaviest weight of the East Asian Games gold medal, dominating the first time in the history of the East Asian football.

  Liu Xiang, Guo Jingjing led the Chinese sports delegation took part in the East Asian Games, 22 major items of the 235 lesser term of the race to 113 gold, 73 silver, 46 bronze medals top ranked results. The first four East Asian Games, the Chinese delegation were occupied medal championship.

  Japan has 62 gold, 58 silver and 70 bronze medals, finished second and South Korea to 39 gold, 45 silver and 59 bronze, finished third, Chinese Taipei, Macao, China, North Korea points out medals fifth, sixth, seventh. Mongolia and Guam missed gold.

  Dadawa, the Kosuke, Richie Jen, Cai Yan, Eason Chan, five singers at the closing ceremony of the cultural performances have singing, with singing coaches to participate in the East Asian Games, athletes and volunteers to pay tribute. The fifth East Asian Games theme song “YouAre The Legend” when the whistle rang Hung Hom.

• North Korea look forward to the Guangzhou Asian Games

  Date: 2009.11.18 | Category: Asian Games News | Response: 0

  Guangzhou Daily reported that November 18 “We believe that the Guangzhou Asian Games will be successful because the people of Guangdong have a fine tradition of hard work can suffer.” Sunguang Hao, vice chairman of the Korean Olympic Committee, told reporters that “North Korea is full of Guangzhou Asian Games athletes looking forward to. “November 5 ~ 7, the” Asian Way “at the Asian Games delegation, Deputy Secretary-General, Guangzhou Sports Bureau, led by the Secretary Jiang-Nan Liu arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang, the Guangzhou people’s sincere greetings and warm invitation brought to North Korea, but also gain the Korean people for the good blessings of Guangzhou Asian Games.

  

  Sun Guanghao (right) presented to the Jiang-Nan Liu's painting features with North Korea

  

  Sun Guanghao signature blessing Guangzhou Asian Games

  About Korea

  Is located in the northern half of the Korean peninsula in eastern Asia. Adjacent to the north with China, the northeast border with Russia. Land area of 123,000 square kilometers. The average altitude of 440 meters, mountain land area of approximately 80%. Peninsula coastline length of approximately 17.3 thousand kilometers. Is a temperate monsoon climate, annual average temperature of 8 ~ 12 ° C, the average annual precipitation is 1000 ~ 1200 mm.

  Population of 22.11 million, of the Korean nation into a single, common Korean. Population of more than 200 million in capital, Pyongyang, urban living space accounted for 20% and the remaining 80% of parks and green space, green area of the world’s largest cities, city, everywhere is a cypress and pine trees swaying willow. Pyongyang is a garden city, is the world known as the “Flower City” and “Liu Jing.”

  Country is divided into one municipality and 9 Road, were in Pyongyang peace Annan Road, Ping North Road, jagang Road, 2 River Road, South Hamgyong, North Hamgyong Province, Gangwon Province, South Hwanghae Province, North Hwanghae.

  Guangzhou Impression

  Is too rich food culture

  As Wai Shike section chief, Jiang Long Kyrgyzstan visited numerous countries even he himself, he said that the Guangzhou Asian Games will allow the better, before and after the Beijing Olympic Games is a good example.

  North Korea’s Olympic Committee, vice chairman of the Sun Guanghao used to be a football player, he visited Guangzhou in 2001, and left a profound impression on him. “In my view, Guangzhou, has three characteristics, the first is clean, I went to Guangzhou in 2001 when the city feel even cleaner than Beijing; the second is the food, Guangzhou’s culinary culture is too rich, and the number of restaurants numerous, and each one is filled with the guests, I am in Guangzhou for the first time to eat crocodile meat, to be still fresh in my memory. “talking about Guangzhou Sun Guanghao seem enthusiastic,” Guangzhou is the third major characteristic of the more serious traffic jams, Some sections of the evening packed full of cars. ”

  However, talking about North Korea’s traditional food kimchi, Sun Guanghao and the IOC’s Foreign Affairs Section of the Yangtze River Long Kyrgyzstan have expressed, or their own homes to do the most authentic, “In China eating kimchi, or pickled vegetables over North Korea’s local taste somewhat less. “Martial Law Ji said, even the same material, the same formula, different people do out of the Korean kimchi taste is different.

  As Wai Shike section chief, Jiang Long Kyrgyzstan visited numerous countries even he himself, he said that the Guangzhou Asian Games will allow the better, before and after the Beijing Olympic Games is a good example, “in the Olympics before I ‘ve been to Beijing, was almost impossible to communicate with taxi drivers, because they simply do not understand English. “But in the Olympics, everything was all the difference:” A lot of taxi drivers can speak very fluent in English, there are a large number of proficient in foreign languages volunteers. ”

  Soccer Experience

  Willpower is the main reason for the success of

  As a former football player, Sun Guanghao said that the North Korea football’s most commendable is the spiritual force strong and resilient, “Our members believe that people are dominated by the main body, as long as effort, we will be able to change the results.”

  In the Martial Law under the leadership of Kyrgyzstan, the delegation boarded the highest building in Pyongyang – up to 170 meters Juche Tower, panoramic view of the city scenery. There are two major stadium in Pyongyang, one is able to accommodate 10 million people in Kim Il Sung Stadium, located in triumph door, another one is the 51 stadiums, “In the top of the tower you can see a lotus-shaped stadium, which is what we of the 51 stadiums. “Ji Martial Law introduced 51 rated as Asia’s largest sports stadium that can accommodate 15 million viewers, almost the equivalent of” Bird’s Nest “twice as high. North Korea’s world-famous large-scale group calisthenics and cultural performance “Arirang” is 51 Stadium, performed only once a year, performance time of 8 months to October.

  Grew up playing “mixed football”

  “Football, basketball and volleyball are very popular sports North Korea.” Ji Martial Law told reporters, but the campaign is undoubtedly the most popular football. In a square, the reporters saw more than a dozen children are happily kicked the football, surprising that the gang, “Captain Tsubasa” kick the “mixed football”, the ranks are not only boys, as well as a large number of girls, which is quite rare in the domestic scene.

  “This is very common in Korea.” Translator Xiao Jin told reporters that North Korea women’s love of football in no way inferior to men, in the streets of Pyongyang, the children play when it will consider “gender problem.” “Korean Women’s such a powerful, perhaps one of the reasons this is it.” Xiao Jin said, a Brazilian football club recently invited to Pyongyang and North Korea’s national team friendly match on 51 Stadium, “the stands filled with spectators almost , when North Korea kicked out of strike teams, the entire stadium will be a burst of deafening cheers and applause. ”

  In recent years, women’s soccer in North Korea continue to be strong at the same time, the Korean soccer team had a great progress, they have received tickets for the World Cup in South Africa. Contrast to China, North Korea’s football in the material conditions can be described as a “full backward”, physical, and technical and tactical, and also may not have much advantage, but North Korea’s football has become Asia’s quite a lot of a football powerhouse, the secret of their emergence What?

  As a former soccer player Sun Guanghao this profound understanding, he said, North Korea soccer’s most commendable is the spiritual force strong and resilient, “Our members believe that people are dominated by the main body, as long as effort, we will be able to to change the results. ”

  Sun Guanghao that willpower is the main reason for the success of Korean football, one of China in this regard is worth learning football.

  And there is “Games”

  Called the “People’s Sports Conference”

  “We also have a four-year major sports.” Sunguang Hao said that in North Korea, no such national integrated sporting events called the “people’s sport of the General Assembly.”

  “China has just held in Jinan City, Shandong Province, the National Games, in fact, there are the National Games in Korea.” Sun Guanghao smiled and told reporters that North Korea each year a considerable number of national sporting events, comparing the main there are 3 times. Each year in April, to celebrate the birthday of Comrade Kim Il Sung, will hold a national championship; to June, will be held “Celebration Paul Torch Award for” sports competitions; October is the second national championship. “As a national event held in each individual, it has innumerable.”

  “In addition to these competitions, we also have a four-year major sports.” Sunguang Hao said that in North Korea, no such national integrated sporting events called the “People’s Sports Assembly,” the last people in sports meeting was held in October 2008.

  In addition to hosting major sports events, the North Korea is also actively call for ordinary people to participate in physical training and going, agencies, factories, enterprises, cooperative farms, etc., use their spare time for sports, every year in July ~ August as “Marine Sports Month” September ~ October for the “people’s physical identification of Month”, during which promote and organize the vast masses of the people engaged in various sports, in addition to old people, women, young persons and families, the young students and adults must be participation, by gender, age, divided into several levels, respectively, to test a variety of projects, according to a uniform standard for dissemination to pass the medals.

  North Korea also has a complete training system for athletes reserve forces, local youth sports schools are provided, teachers of different projects with in elementary school physical education teachers in close contact and selecting talented people, and in accordance with age and psychological characteristics of the development of training program.