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Kang Tae-jun
Tae-jun Kang is the NK News East Asia Correspondent and is based in Hong Kong. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.
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In rare move, KCNA blasts cheating soccer teamMove may be aimed at showing compliance ahead of major sporting events It is unusual for the North Korean media to report something negative about the North. But the Korean Central News Agency reported on September 11 that the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports’ Committee for Examining Discipline in Sports Matches at the has decided to punish a soccer team, the Sonbong Team, recent winners of the Torch Cup, for committing an unfair practice. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |