The DPRK’s first Paralympic delegation

Did you know that the first paralympic delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea participated in the 2012 international Paralympics was held in London from August 29, 2012?

The activities of disabled athletes in the country took a new shape and began to develop vivaciously when the DPRK Athletic Association of the Disabled Persons was organized under official approval of the government.

It started to cause great public interest with two rounds of table tennis games of disabled persons and their benefactors in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Thanks to the positive efforts of the central committee of the Korean Federation for Care of the Disabled and the DPRK Athletic Association of the Disabled Persons the public understanding of the people with disabilities improved considerably, and the government gave an endorsement to the National Paralympic Committee in August 2011 in an effort to keep the sports activities of the disabled people in step with the international trend.

 

Thus the DPRK National Paralympic Committee was organized in November 2011 and sent a delegation to the 15th general assembly of the International Paralympic Committee and a relevant conference held in Beijing in December the same year.

The general assembly gave a unanimous vote for the semi-membership of the Korean National Paralympic Committee and the semi-membership took effect officially on March 8, 2012.