April 28 Kim Yong Nam Pak Du Ik the Juche Tower Pyongyang. April 28. pink paper flowers and small flags Pak Du Ik
When did the torch arrive in Pyongyang? Who presided over the torch event in North Korea? Who was the first torchbearer in North Korea? Where did the relay start? Where was the relay event held in North Korea? What date did the torch relay event take place? What did people in the crowd wave at the beginning of the relay? Who was the first runner with the torch?
North Korea: The event was held in Pyongyang on April 28. It was the first time that the Olympic torch has traveled to North Korea. A crowd of thousands waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo were organized by the authoritarian regime watched the beginning of the relay in Pyongyang, some waving Chinese flags. The event was presided over by the head of the country's parliament, Kim Yong Nam. The North, an ally of China, has been critical of disruptions to the torch relay elsewhere and has supported Beijing in its actions against protests in Tibet. Kim passed the torch to the first runner Pak Du Ik, who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team, as he began the 19-kilometre route through Pyongyang. The relay began from the large sculpted flame of the obelisk of the Juche Tower, which commemorates the national ideology of Juche, or "self-reliance", created by the country's late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of leader Kim Jong Il, who did not attend.
question: When did the torch arrive in Pyongyang?, answer: April 28 | question: Who presided over the torch event in North Korea?, answer: Kim Yong Nam | question: Who was the first torchbearer in North Korea?, answer: Pak Du Ik | question: Where did the relay start?, answer: the Juche Tower | question: Where was the relay event held in North Korea?, answer: Pyongyang. | question: What date did the torch relay event take place?, answer: April 28. | question: What did people in the crowd wave at the beginning of the relay?, answer: pink paper flowers and small flags | question: Who was the first runner with the torch?, answer: Pak Du Ik