FILE PHOTO: Participants form a map of Korean peninsula at Mass Games in May Day stadium marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's foundation in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 9, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
SEOUL (Reuters) - More than 1.5 million people, among them "tens of thousands" of foreigners, have attended North Korea's new mass performances, state media said on Thursday, adding that the spectacle would be extended due to popular demand.
The "Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance 'The Glorious Country'" was launched with much fanfare by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on September 9 with hundreds of international media and dignitaries in attendance.
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