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North Korea’s state television broadcasts its first South Korean soccer game: Seoul’s 4-1 thrashing of Brazil
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North Korean state media broadcast South Korea’s World Cup campaign this week for the first time.
The national public was able to watch the round of 16 match on Wednesday, two days after it took place at the 974 Stadium in Doha, where Brazil beat the Republic of Korea (ROK) national team 4-1.
The show even named the Korea Republic players at the start of the match, which is unusual given that the country tends not to show any games featuring a South Korean national.
Korea Central Television (KCTV) is run by the state of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
North Korean state media broadcast South Korea’s World Cup campaign to their audiences this week for the first time. In the photo: the South Korean players before the match on Monday.
The broadcaster has shown most of the World Cup matches this year, but South Korea’s matches remained absent until Monday’s rare broadcast of the match on Wednesday.
The channel often broadcasts international sporting events, which is a rare opportunity for citizens to see what is happening in the rest of the world.
So far, the broadcaster has shown most of the matches from this year’s World Cup, but South Korea’s matches remained absent until Wednesday.
Stimson Center fellow Martyn Williams said KCTV has been actively showing all other games, despite the day or two delay.
“Obviously, it’s no coincidence that the only South Korean game shown is the one that knocked them out of the World Cup.
“It just shows meanness, but unfortunately that’s something that’s not unusual,” he said. NK news.
It was an unusual broadcast on Wednesday by KCTV as domestic viewers were able to see uncensored advertisements that were shown at the 974 Stadium. Pictured: Brazil’s Neymar during the World Cup round of 16 clash against Korea from the south.
KCTV broadcasts international sporting events, which is a rare occasion when citizens can see what is happening in the rest of the world. Pictured: South Korea’s Paik Seung-ho celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal.
Until now, much of South Korea’s and Japan’s soccer matches were not shown, including those from the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.
Also unusual during Monday’s game was the fact that the ads were not censored by the state, meaning North Korean viewers could see ads for Coca-Cola and other Western consumer brands.
According to FIFA, the DPRK shows a broadcast from South Korean networks whose logos were erased in 2014 for the World Cup in Brazil.
At the start of this year’s tournament, KCTV blurred out the outside broadcaster’s logo and graphics, but during recent matches no effort has been made to censor them.