N Korea cancels Pyongyang Marathon for 'some reasons'
www.bbc.com
The annual event, usually held in April, has been cancelled a month before it was due to take place, a tour agency says.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    4 days ago

    Koryo Tours, based in Beijing, China, offers several marathon packages to foreigners, departing from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang.

    Packages start from €2,190 ($2,529; £1,894) for 2.5 nights in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, including a marathon place and “highlights” of the capital and tickets were sold out this year, according to the agency’s website.

    Is this just an ad for a tourist company that got smuggled into a BBC article?

    • trigonated@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Probably. The news are full of these, some of them better disguised than others.

      They’re called advertorials, I think. It’s infuriating once you start getting better at noticing them and notice them more and more.