Nothing changes in Korea. The two neighbors of the peninsula must meet on a football field, Tuesday October 16, in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. But despite Seoul's attempts, the match promises to be as closed as usual. The South Korean Ministry of Unification expressed at the end of last week its “ disappointment » in the face of North Korea's silence on its request to discuss the visit of spectators and journalists to the North Korean capital to attend the event. “ We have raised these questions with the North through various channels, but have not yet received a response., admitted Kim Eun-han, the deputy spokesperson of the ministry, during a press conference. We find this disappointing. » The Korean Football Association (KFA), for its part, explained that the North Korean football federation had informed it that the question of allowing the entry of people other than the players was not up to the study. Everything suggests that the match will not be broadcast on television. North Korea did not broadcast live the qualifying match against Lebanon, played in early September in Pyongyang.
— Published on October 14, 2019
