National Sports Paduk

Paduk (go) is a game in which two persons complete for victory by placing on the board one stone after another and encircling the stones of the opponent or capturing territory. The method of playing paduk is so profound and varied that it is complicated and yet interesting.

It helps train the brain of man, and deepen mutual friendship and unity, and is good for health and longevity. Especially, it plays a great role in the upbringing of children and their preschool education.

Paduk has been long developed as an interesting intellectual game, and now it is widely spreading in Korea as a favourite game of everyone. Paduk Houses, professional paduk education institution, have been set up in Pyongyang and each province seat, teaching the game and disseminating the knowledge of it.