Sŏsan Stadium () is a football

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people, and was built by the North Korean army in 1988 for the

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. It lies next to Ryanggang Hotel which was completed around the same time in 1989. The stadium was modernised in 2011, receiving a new

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pitch to

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standards, an electronic scoreboard, new seats for spectators, and an improved medical facility.

Public executions

The Sŏsan Stadium is reported to have been the site of public executions, notably those of former Director of the Planning and Financial Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party,

Pak Nam-gi Pak Nam-gi or Park Nam-ki (21 February 1934 – 17 March 2010) was, until as late as January 2010, Director of the Planning and Finance Department of the ruling party of North Korea. There are doubts about his date of birth, with at least two una ...

and colleagues including Vice-Chairperson of the National Planning Commission on March 12, 2010Lee Sung Jin
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''. Retrieved on 2010-12-27. following the unpopular currency redenomination of the previous year. Eyewitness accounts suggest that these executions were performed by firing squad.^ Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea (UK ed.). Granta Publications. .

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Public executions

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