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Koreas meet in historic World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang
AP ^ | October 15, 2019 | KIM TONG-HYUNG

Posted on 10/15/2019 1:03:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The rival Koreas are set to meet in an historic soccer World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang, but the match has been cast into media darkness in the South, with the North disallowing South Korean reporters and spectators and refusing a live broadcast from Kim Il Sung Stadium.

The Seoul-based Korea Football Association has sent two staff to the North Korean capital to watch Tuesday’s game, but ruled out live text updates on its website because of uncertainties in internet connection, said Park Jae-sung, an official from the South Korean soccer governing body.

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1 posted on 10/15/2019 1:03:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sounds great :)


2 posted on 10/15/2019 1:06:39 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: dp0622

You are joking, right? You heard what’s happening up there, right? Up in that crazy prison camp. (The game started about an hour ago )


3 posted on 10/15/2019 2:15:42 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (FR N. Korea threads now just a shadow of their former self; knowledgeable FReepers just walked)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Of course i’m joking.

Anybody makes a comment like that for real here is gonna have a home page that says they joined last week and got kicked off this week.

It’s NK. The closest thing to hell on earth.


4 posted on 10/15/2019 2:17:18 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Final Score prediction:
South Korea- 8
North Korea- Didn’t


5 posted on 10/15/2019 2:24:54 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: MuttTheHoople

No.

North Korea: 12
South Korea: 0

All goals kicked by Kim Jong Un.


6 posted on 10/15/2019 2:53:52 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

There can’t be a live broadcast from Noerth Korea; there’s no power there at night. It’s like the California Blackouts.


7 posted on 10/15/2019 4:19:02 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: dp0622

“It’s NK. The closest thing to hell on earth”

Not as close as San Fransicko, but close.


8 posted on 10/15/2019 4:36:55 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (When you think about what the left is doing to America, think no further than Cloward-Piven)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

No cameras. Just a couple of staffers?

Trap


9 posted on 10/15/2019 4:47:37 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
North Korea holds South Korea to 0-0 in World Cup qualifier
10 posted on 10/15/2019 11:22:30 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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