March 28, 2024
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North Korea’s mass games to return in fall this year: tour company

2018 saw massive state propaganda event held for the first time in five years

The massive North Korean state propaganda event unofficially known as the “mass games” will return to Pyongyang this fall for the second consecutive year, general manager of Koryo Tours Simon Cockerell told NK News on Thursday.

It is expected to begin this year “in September - and perhaps also over parts of August and/or October,” the tour company said in a blog post on its website.

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