奥运圣火抵达朝鲜

PYONGYANG, April 28-- The sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on early Monday arrived at Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), for the 18th leg of its global torch relay.

The special chartered plane carrying the flame, which was ignited on March 24 in ancient Olympia of Greece, landed on the Sunan international airport at 00:28 a.m. local time from Seoul, capital of South Korea.

平壤4月28日奥运专电，搭载着北京奥运圣火的专机当地时间28日凌晨零时28分(北京时间27日23时28分)平安抵达平壤顺安国际机场。按照计划,奥运火炬将从当天上午10时(北京时间9时)开始在平壤市内进行传递。

当北京奥组委执行副主席李炳华手持奥运圣火火种灯走下飞机时,朝鲜奥委会主席、体育指导委员会委员长朴学先,平壤市人民委员会第一副委员长朴炳钟等迎上前去,热烈欢迎奥运圣火首次抵达平壤。