Pyongyang Olympic torch relay underway

First torchbearer Park Tu Ik runs with the torch through cheering people in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea¡Aon April 28, 2008. Pyongyang is the 18th leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. (Xinhua Photo/An Zhiping)

Kim Yong Nam (R front), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, hands the torch to the first torchbearer Park Tu Ik at the launching ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea¡Aon April 28, 2008. Pyongyang is the 18th leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. (Xinhua Photo/An Zhiping)

First torchbearer Park Tu Ik displays the torch at the launching ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea¡Aon April 28, 2008. Pyongyang is the 18th leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.(Xinhua Photo/An Zhiping)

Torchbearer Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), runs with the torch in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK¡Aon April 28, 2008. Pyongyang is the 18th leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.(Xinhua Photo/An Zhiping)

Overseas Chinese students cheer for the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea¡Aon April 28, 2008. Pyongyang is the 18th leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.(Xinhua Photo/An Zhiping)

First torchbearer Park Tu Ik holds the torch at the launching ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea¡Aon April 28, 2008. Pyongyang is the 18th leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.(Xinhua Photo/An Zhiping)