National open table-tennis, tennis tournaments held

The 2025 National Open Table-Tennis Tournament and Open Tennis Tournament took place at the Table-Tennis Gymnasium and the Volleyball Gymnasium respectively on Chongchun Street in Pyongyang from November 2 to 7. The open table-tennis tournament was held, divided into men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles played by pros and amateurs in pairs and men’s and women’s singles for amateurs (under 45 and over 46). In the open tennis tournament, the players competed in men’s and women’s singles for pros, men’s doubles for amateurs (regulation-ball tennis) and mixed doubles played by pros and amateurs in pairs (softball, regulation-ball tennis). Medals were awarded to the players who proved successful at the award ceremonies held at the gymnasia on November 7. The Pyongyang Times, launched on May 6, 1965, is the DPRK's only English newspaper. It gives latest, detailed information about what is going on in the country in politics, the economy, culture and other sectors. And the paper also provides a vast knowledge of the nooks and crannies of Pyongyang.