If you watched North Korea play a hard-fought game against Brazil in the World Cup on Tuesday, you may have wondered how all those North Korean fans were able to attend the game given the nation's dire economic condition and dictator Kim Jong Il's strict prohibitions on leaving the country.
Commentator Martin Tyler answers the question:
"We are told that the supporters of North Korea aren't North Koreans--they're handpicked actors from China who have been sent here to act out the part of North Korean fans. I haven't found one I can speak to, who can speak back to me to tell me whether that's the case--I doubt he'd tell me the truth if that is the case."
Although the news has been circling the Internet for a month, AOL's Fanhouse says that North Korea provided 1,000 tickets to a group of Chinese fans, including actors and musicians, to fly to South Africa for the game.
China, which is one of North Korea's closest allies in the world, failed to qualify for this year's World Cup.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Riefenstahl must be laughing somewhere.
Ahaha, yesterday's lecturer (can't remember his name) was this really cynical man who kept referring to Leni as a 'bitch' and a 'tart'. Afterwards, he had an 'ask Leni' session where he was speaking as her, where we asked some really inappropriate questions, and oh my, this would have been a great question to ask. :P
ReplyDeleteI read that the journalists at North Korean press conferences are under strict orders from the FIFA officials sitting in to keep the questions focused on football. Apparently before the Brazil match many were trying to ask about the fans and politics and the officials had to tell them several times to keep on track.
ReplyDeleteAlso this is kind of unrelated but I thought it was funny: "Tonight's World Cup 2010 Group C match between England and the USA kicks off at 19:30, but according to the joke that's been doing the rounds, the Americans won't turn up until 19:41, at which point they'll claim victory."