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North Korean Soccer Team Humiliated For Poor Performance In World Cup

In a six-hour public display of humiliation, the entire North Korean soccer team was forced onto a stage at the People’s Palace of Culture where they were subjected to criticism from the sports minister Pak Myong-chol. Hundreds of government officials, students, and journalists watched the ordeal as they were punished for losing all three World Cup games. This was the first year North Korea competed in the World Cup since 1966. North Korea’s coach, Kim Jong-hun was demoted to a job in construction, and expelled from the Worker’s Party of Korea. North Korea seemed to have foreseen the team’s poor performance and banned the broadcast of live games up until their close loss against Brazil that ended with a score of 2-1. Things could have been worse, though, the Chosun Illbo newspaper quoted a South Korean intelligence source as saying, “In the past, North Korean athletes and coaches who performed badly were sent to prison camps.”

This is sad. It’s just a game, people!

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