North Korea’s New Military Approach: Soccer!
One would think that as of June 2010, when North Korea was disqualified from the World Cup and fined by Fifa for their steroids scandal, soccer would become a lost pursuit for them. Soccer is a dangerous game in North Korea, and it’s also the country’s favorite. The danger that soccer poses for the country exists in their punishments towards the soccer players after large losses Good sportsmanship is hard to find in North Korea. The danger that North Korean soccer poses for the rest of the world is the possibility of North Korea using a sports economy to complement the military. Although the communist state enjoys the sport as a pastime, for those who participate in major sporting events, the players who perform poorly are punished. North Korea is attempting to take a leap towards hosting the 2018 World Cup. Even though Fifa revoked the 1.66 million they planned to provide for North Korean soccer, Kim Jong Un continues to raise the budget for sports by 6-7% each year. Despite being internationally scorned, Kim Jong Un has convinced North Korea that the World Cup would be better off hosted in their poverty-ridden country. …show more content…
Is North Korea saying that they are switching from a military power to a so-called “sports power,” and should the rest of the world be wary of this transition? It’s common for communist states to put legitimate fear into the players on their sports team in order to make their country look capable to the rest of the world, for example, the imprisonment of the Iraqi football team, but could North Korea possibly be trying to take their sports dedication further than any country has
One would think that as of June 2010, when North Korea was disqualified from the World Cup and fined by Fifa for their steroids scandal, soccer would become a lost pursuit for them. Soccer is a dangerous game in North Korea, and it’s also the country’s favorite. The danger that soccer poses for the country exists in their punishments towards the soccer players after large losses Good sportsmanship is hard to find in North Korea. The danger that North Korean soccer poses for the rest of the world is the possibility of North Korea using a sports economy to complement the military. Although the communist state enjoys the sport as a pastime, for those who participate in major sporting events, the players who perform poorly are punished. North Korea is attempting to take a leap towards hosting the 2018 World Cup. Even though Fifa revoked the 1.66 million they planned to provide for North Korean soccer, Kim Jong Un continues to raise the budget for sports by 6-7% each year. Despite being internationally scorned, Kim Jong Un has convinced North Korea that the World Cup would be better off hosted in their poverty-ridden country. …show more content…
Is North Korea saying that they are switching from a military power to a so-called “sports power,” and should the rest of the world be wary of this transition? It’s common for communist states to put legitimate fear into the players on their sports team in order to make their country look capable to the rest of the world, for example, the imprisonment of the Iraqi football team, but could North Korea possibly be trying to take their sports dedication further than any country has