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Sonbong Sports Club (women)
Sŏnbong Sports Club is a North Korean professional football club from Rasŏn, affiliated with the Worker-Peasant Red Guards. They play in the DPR Korea Premier Football League. Their home ground is Rajin Stadium. Sonbong is a region in Rason called Sonbong-guyok. The Sŏnbong women's football team plays in the DPR Korea Women's League The DPR Korea Women's Premier League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 1부류축구련맹전; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 女子 一部流蹴球聯盟戰) is the top flight of women's association football in No ..., since earning promotion from Division 2 at the end of 2014. References Football clubs in North Korea Military association football clubs in North Korea {{NorthKorea-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajin Stadium (born 1954), Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist, publisher
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Rajin may refer to: Places *Rajin-guyok, a district on the northeast coast of North Korea ** Rajin station, a railway station in Rajin-guyŏk * Rajin-Sŏnbong, now known as Rason, a North Korean city and ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea * Rajin, Iran, a village in Zanjanrud-e Pain Rural District, Zanjanrud District, Zanjan County, Zanjan Province, Iran People ;Given name * Rajin (singer), or Rijan, a Danish singer known as Node of Kurdish origin *Rajin Saleh (born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer ;Surname *Momčilo Rajin Momčilo "Moma" Rajin (born 23 February 1954 in Bela Crkva (Vojvodina), Bela Crkva) is a Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist, publisher and cultural facilitator, living and working in Belgrade. Biography He graduated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPR Korea League
The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League 2, and a third division DPR Korea Football League 3. History Including football, all sports in North Korea were on an amateur basis, with competitions called Technical Innovation Contests (Chosŏn'gŭl: 기술혁신경기대회; Hanja: 技術革新競技大會) being held several times a year In football, First Technical Innovation Contests was held In 1960. The league was the subject of the 1978 sport drama called ''Centre Forward''. The movie was directed by Kil-in Kim and Chong-song Pak and starred In-son Cha. In 2010, football's National Championship was renamed Top Class Football League or Highest Class Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 최상급축구련맹전; Hanja: 最上級蹴球聯盟戰). October 2017, after which Highest Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen River, Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. North Korea's border with South Korea is a disputed border as both countries claim the entirety of the Korean Peninsula. The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of North Korea, adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. In 1910, Korean Empire, Korea was Korea under Japanese rule, annexed by the Empire of Japan. In 1945, after the Surrender of Japan, Japanese surrender at the End of World War II in Asia, end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasŏn
Rason (formerly Rajin-Sŏnbong; ) is a North Korean Special cities of North Korea, special city and Port#Warm-water port, ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea. It is in the Kwanbuk region and location of the Rason Special Economic Zone. In South Korean North–South differences in the Korean language#Consonants, pronunciation, the initial "R" of the name is pronounced as "N", (나선, ''Naseon'') as per standard Korean phonology. In 2000, the name was shortened from "Rajin-Sŏnbong" to "Rason". During the 1930s, the Japanese called it Rashin; at that time, it was an important port at the end of a railroad line. It was liberated by the Red Army on 14 August 1945. Before 1991, Rason was used by the Soviet Union as an alternative warm-water port in case Vladivostok was unavailable. The Soviet naval facilities were built starting in 1979. From 1993 to 2004, it was administered separately from North Hamgyŏng as the Special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worker-Peasant Red Guards
The Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG; ), also translated as Workers and Peasants' Red Militia (WPRM), is a paramilitary force in North Korea. It is the largest civil defense force in North Korea. It was established on 14 January 1959 by Kim Il-sung and is not only under State Affairs Commission (until 2016 National Defense Commission) and Ministry of Defense control, but is also attached to the Workers' Party of Korea under its Military Leadership Department. It is thus responsible to the Supreme Leader in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The militia is organized on a provincial/ City and town/village level, and structured on a brigade, battalion, company, and platoon basis. The militia maintains infantry small arms, with some mortars, field guns and anti-aircraft guns and even modernized older equipment such as multiple rocket launchers like the BM-13 and older Ural D-62 motorcycles, although some units are unarmed indicating status as logistics and medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rason
Rason (formerly Rajin-Sŏnbong; ) is a North Korean special city and ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea. It is in the Kwanbuk region and location of the Rason Special Economic Zone. In South Korean pronunciation, the initial "R" of the name is pronounced as "N", (나선, ''Naseon'') as per standard Korean phonology. In 2000, the name was shortened from "Rajin-Sŏnbong" to "Rason". During the 1930s, the Japanese called it Rashin; at that time, it was an important port at the end of a railroad line. It was liberated by the Red Army on 14 August 1945. Before 1991, Rason was used by the Soviet Union as an alternative warm-water port in case Vladivostok was unavailable. The Soviet naval facilities were built starting in 1979. From 1993 to 2004, it was administered separately from North Hamgyŏng as the directly governed city (''Chikhalsi'') of Rason. Prior to 1993 and from 2004 to 2009, the city had been part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonbong-guyok
Sŏnbong-guyŏk, formerly called Unggi (Chosŏn'gŭl: 웅기, Hancha: 雄基), is a subdivision of the North Korean city of Rason. It is located at the northeastern extreme of North Korea, bordering Russia and China. It lies on Unggi Bay, an extension of the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea). A uranium mine is allegedly located there, as is a 200 megawatt oil-fired power plant. The word Sonbong means "Vanguard" in Korean. The Sonbong Revolutionary Site is dedicated to a visit by Kim Jong-suk in November 1945 "upholding the policy of building a new country advanced by President Kim Il Sung" after the liberation of Korea. It includes the Sonbong Revolutionary Museum, a monument to the historic site, and the house where she stayed. Administrative divisions Sŏnbong-guyŏk is divided into 10 tong (neighbourhoods) and 6 ri (villages): * Sanghyŏn-tong (상현동/上峴洞) * Chunghyŏn-tong (중현동/中峴洞) * Hahyŏn-tong (하현동/下峴洞) * Songp'yŏng-tong (송평동/松坪 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonbong Sports Club (women)
Sŏnbong Sports Club is a North Korean professional football club from Rasŏn, affiliated with the Worker-Peasant Red Guards. They play in the DPR Korea Premier Football League. Their home ground is Rajin Stadium. Sonbong is a region in Rason called Sonbong-guyok. The Sŏnbong women's football team plays in the DPR Korea Women's League The DPR Korea Women's Premier League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 1부류축구련맹전; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 女子 一部流蹴球聯盟戰) is the top flight of women's association football in No ..., since earning promotion from Division 2 at the end of 2014. References Football clubs in North Korea Military association football clubs in North Korea {{NorthKorea-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPR Korea Women's League
The DPR Korea Women's Premier League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 1부류축구련맹전; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 女子 一部流蹴球聯盟戰) is the top flight of women's association football in North Korea. The competition is run by the DPR Korea Football Association. History The first North Korean women's championship was contested in the 2001–02 season. Champions The list of champions and runners-up: Most successful clubs References External links DPR Korea Football {{Top level women's association football leagues around the world North Korea Football competitions in North Korea Women A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ... 2004 establishments in North Korea Sports leagues established in 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In North Korea
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
