North Korean Football Team Celebrated North Korea Style

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**Frazzled**

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7918468/North-Korean-football-team-shamed-in-six-hour-public-inquiry-over-World-Cup.html

North Korean football team shamed in six-hour public inquiry over World Cup
North Korea's football team has been shamed in a six-hour public inquisition and the team's coach has been accused of "betraying" the reclusive leader's heir apparent following their failure at the World Cup, according to reports.

By Barney Henderson
Published: 12:15PM BST 30 Jul 2010

The team's coach, Kim Jong-hun, was reportedly forced to become a builder and has been expelled from the Workers' Party of Korea. Photo: REUTERS
The entire squad was forced onto a stage at the People's Palace of Culture and subjected to criticism from Pak Myong-chol, the sports minister, as 400 government officials, students and journalists watched.

The players were subjected to a "grand debate" on July 2 because they failed in their "ideological struggle" to succeed in South Africa, Radio Free Asia and South Korean media reported.

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The coach was punished for "betraying" Kim Jong-un - one of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il's sons and heir apparent.

The country, in its first World Cup since 1966, lost all three group games – including a 7-0 defeat to Portugal.

The broadcast of live games had been banned to avoid national embarrassment, but after the spirited 2-1 defeat to Brazil, state television made the Portugal game its first live sports broadcast ever.

Following ideological criticism, the players were then allegedly forced to blame the coach for their defeats.

Only two players avoided the inquisition - Japanese-born Jong Tae-se and An Yong-hak, who flew straight to Japan after the tournament.

However, media in South Korea said the players got off lightly by North Korean standards.

"In the past, North Korean athletes and coaches who performed badly were sent to prison camps," a South Korean intelligence source told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.

**George Spiggott**

Are you posting this because it is bad or because other countries should follow this system?

I'm all for it.

**KingCracker**

Good lord, possible prison sentence for losing at a game of sports? WTF, seriously

**WarOne**

KingCracker wrote:Good lord, possible prison sentence for losing at a game of sports? WTF, seriously

There are no prisons in North Korea. Just another enclosed place with pictures of glorious leader, and rows upon rows of body gaurds and back breaking labour.

**Kid_Kyoto**

North Korea is a prison.

**1-UP**

When I read the title I assumed you meant the team got to eat that day on account of doing well.

Seriously, N. Korea is fethed up.

**WarOne**

Hmm...I wonder if anyone in North Korea ever heard of Warhammer 40k...

**reds8n**

WarOne wrote:Hmm...I wonder if anyone in North Korea ever heard of Warhammer 40k...

Kim Jong's never failed a saving throw yet. He's won every game, in every edition and has the new Dark Eldar codex.... hm.. that last one kind of pushed the boundaries of believability a bit too far didn't it.

**filbert**

Could have been worse - didn't Uday Hussein have some members of the Iraqi national football team flayed after they lost a world cup qualifier?

**SlaveToDorkness**

Kim Jong= the Ultimate TFG!

"Uh... you moved that guy like 9", Glorious Leader..."

BANG, BANG!

"I'm so Ronery, so ronery...."

**Emperors Faithful**

This is mainly on the say so of South Korean media. How realiable are they?

**Orlanth**

I think we should send the England team to practice in north Korea.

Play better, or else...

**SagesStone**

But then England would have a team. NK on the other hand would find a new team just laying around.

**Relapse**

From the looks of things, NK will soon have a team "just laying around."

**Stormrider**

Oh dictatorships, they isolate themselves from real international competition until it really matters and then wonder why they got butt fethed by Portugal.

**burning_phoneix**

To be honest, that doesn't seem so bad compared to what most people were suspecting:

"ALL THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO WORK CAMPS! THEIR FAMILIES WILL COMMIT RITUAL SUICIDE AND KIM JONG IL WILL PISS ON THEIR CORPSES!"

You know, that sort of thing.

**Relapse**

burning_phoneix wrote:To be honest, that doesn't seem so bad compared to what most people were suspecting:

"ALL THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO WORK CAMPS! THEIR FAMILIES WILL COMMIT RITUAL SUICIDE AND KIM JONG IL WILL PISS ON THEIR CORPSES!"

You know, that sort of thing.

Of course, then again being accused of being a traitor, put on display and humiliated for 6 hours could be just the start of something fun for the boys on the team. The Japaneses born members did not go back to NK in order to miss out on the "festivities".

Apparently there have been precidants of sending to prison camps people that screw the pooch in sporting events.

**del'Vhar**

I'd imagine being accused of treason will lead to an investigaion into where their loyalties lie, after all they could be Portugese Spies!

**SagesStone**

Doesn't matter if they are or not. If glorious leader thinks they are then it's all the evidence they need.