2017, the Rungrado Stadium played host to six group stage matches as part of 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification. In the September 2018 inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea gave a speech with Chairman Kim Jong-un to 150,000 North Korean spectators. The speech has themes of unification, peace, and cooperation. In July 2019, Kim Jong-un hosted Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping to a special Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic performance called "Invincible Socialism", on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of China–North Korea relations. In December 31st 2022, a concert was held on the grounds of the stadium, commemorating the New Years' Eve, which was presided over by Kim Jong-un and along with other high profile Workers' Party of Korea officials. Notable events Opening and closing ceremonies of the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1989 Collision in Korea professional wrestling event in 1995 2018 Inter-Korean Summit Pyongyang Annual events Arirang Festival Pyongyang Marathon See also List of football stadiums in North Korea Strahov Stadium Yanggakdo Stadium References External links Rungnado May Day Stadium 360 degree panorama Rungnado May Day Stadium view from above 1989 establishments in North Korea Athletics (track and field) venues in North Korea Event venues established in 1989 Football venues in North Korea Multi-purpose stadiums in North Korea North Korea Sports venues completed in 1989 Sports venues in Pyongyang 20th-century architecture in North Korea