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來自平壤第四小學的兒童參加朝鮮少年團日活動


A girl carrying a mock rifle completes an obstacle course at games marking 'Children's Union Day', in Pyongyang this morning


The youngsters were taking part in dictator Kim Jong-un's Korean Children's Union Day


Pupils at Pyongyang Number Four Primary School crawled under frames and clambered over fences in an obstacle course as they carried their imitation weapons over their shoulders



Her teacher Ri Su-Ryon explained the race was intended 'to give the children the spirit to defend our country when they are grown up'


All North Korean children are automatically members of the Korean Children's Union, whose uniform includes the red neckerchiefs of the Young Pioneers of other communist states


It is one of the mechanisms through which loyalty to the authorities is inculcated from an early age, and the anniversary of its foundation in 1946 is a public holiday, marked by sports days at schools across the country


At the Number Four primary school, spectators encouraged the competitors with cries of 'Fighting!' - a standard chant in Korea, equivalent to the English 'Go on!'


Once the contests were over the children danced in formation to songs including 'We have nothing to envy in the world', 'Revolutionary Army Games' and 'Our Thankworthy Sun', which lauds the current leader



Loyalty: The sports day took place at the Number Four primary school in Pyongyang, the secretive nation's capital