Sports village to appear in Samjiyon
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 6 (KCNA) -- A sports village is now under construction in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province in the northern part of the DPRK.
This area with Mt. Paektu revolutionary battle sites is one of the regions with the lowest temperature in Korea.
The sports village will occupy a large area at the foot of Pegae Hill. It will have establishments and facilities for national and international winter sports contests including a speed skating rink, an ice hockey stadium, a gymnasium, a ski ground, lodging houses for sportsmen, an extracurricular sports school, various rest rooms and overhead cable car service.
They will be built in the shapes of ski, skate and blade of skate to blend well with the scenery of the alpine area.
The speed skating rink will have a 100 odd meter-long and 70 odd meter-wide skating lanes and three-tier spectators' seats while the ice hockey stadium with its roofed spectators' seats will be of peculiar and elegant architectural style.
The gymnasium will have facilities for basketball, volleyball, tennis, etc.
There will appear on Pegae Hill and at its foot highland and long-distance ski tracks and lodging houses for sportsmen.
When the construction of the sports village will be completed, Samjiyon will turn into a hub for the study tour of revolutionary battle sites and tourism in winter.
