N. Korea stages Arirang mass games

N. Korea stages Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Participants form the shape of the Korean Peninsula during the Arirang mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 10, the opening day of the event that will run almost every day through late September.

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