2026 DMZ Peace Marathon

About the Marathon

The 'DMZ Peace Marathon Opening the Future of Our Children of South and North Korea,' launched in 2023 by News Tomato and the Our Children Foundation to prevent war on the Korean Peninsula and enable children—our future—to dream of a happy future in a peaceful world, marks its fourth edition this year. Since 2024, the event has been held in partnership with Paju City, a city symbolizing division and peace. The 'DMZ Peace Marathon Opening the Future of Our Children of South and North Korea' is both a sports and peace event that spreads aspirations for peace by running a marathon course that includes the 'Civilian Control Zone (CCL),' an area normally off-limits to civilians. The wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Palestine are still ongoing, and global anxiety over war is growing as nations prioritize their own interests; the Korean Peninsula is no exception. It is a situation where the voice for peace must grow louder across the world. Please join us again this year to further spread the hope for peace through this marathon, and to help the children of the South and North, and of the Korean Peninsula, grow up healthy and happy so that they may become reliable masters of a peaceful, unified homeland.