| North Korea’s Chosun Central TV recorded and broadcast the 2022 Qatar World Cup round of 16 Korea vs. Brazil match held at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar on the 5th (local time) on the night of the 7th. The photo is a relay broadcast screen. yunhap news |
Not broadcasting Korean matches, but broadcasting only Brazil matches… Show the highlight video of Baek Seung-ho’s shooting scene
North Korea’s Chosun Central TV mentioned Son Heung-min, the captain of the Korean national soccer team, for the first time on the air, who played a ‘mask fighting spirit’ at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
On the night of the 7th, Chosun JoongAng TV recorded and broadcast the match where the Korean national team lost 1-4 to Brazil, a strong candidate for the championship, in the round of 16 match held at the 974 Stadium in Doha, Qatar the previous day.
Prior to the broadcast, the announcer of JoongAng TV said, “If you look at the South Korean team, gatekeeper No. 1 Kim Seung-gyu, defense line No. 3 Kim Jin-soo No. 19 Kim Yeong-gwon No. 4 Kim Min-jae No. 15 Kim Moon-hwan, middle ground No. 11 Hwang Hee-chan, No. 6 Hwang In-beom No. 5 Jeong Woo-yeong No. 10 Lee Jae-seong, attack line No. 7 Heung-Min Son, the captain of the team, and Kyu-Sung Cho, the ninth player, were placed.”
The scene where Son Heung-min shakes hands and talks with Tiago Silva, captain of the Brazilian national team, was also shown. It is extremely unusual for North Korea to broadcast games in South Korea or shed light on South Korean sports players. Especially for Son Heung-min so far, when he played once morest Dortmund in September 2012 when he belonged to Hamburg, Germany’s professional football team, all he did was call him ‘Son’ without ‘Heung-min’.
JoongAng TV delivered the careers and movements of Korean players, including Son Heung-min, in a relatively neutral manner without any hostile expression, even when broadcasting began in earnest. The announcer said, “(Son Heung-min) is the captain of the team, but he is 30 years old and 183 cm tall. He is playing for Tottenham.” “I went on and participated in 9 matches in the World Cup tournament. I scored 3 goals in those matches.”
Even in the relay of the second half, he diagnosed, “Son Heung-min, the number 7 striker, plays well in the front line, but in this game, the Brazilian team’s defenders are thoroughly defending Son Heung-min, so they are unable to find their own game rhythm.” When describing Brazil’s Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) scoring an extra goal from a penalty kick in the 13th minute of the first half, he said, “South Korea’s gatekeeper Kim Seung-kyu was not good at judging the direction.” It was a scene,” he said.
Regarding Hwang Hee-chan, “The South Korean team tried to kick in unexpectedly, but the gatekeeper blocked it well. I have participated in 50 international matches, and I participated in an international match for the first time in 2016. I participated in 4 World Cup matches, among which I scored one goal.” In the second half, Baek Seung-ho’s shot scene, which scored the only goal for the Korean national team, was shown once more as a highlight video.
JoongAng TV is recording and broadcasting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with support from the three terrestrial broadcasters (KBS, MBC, and SBS), which have transferred the broadcasting rights on the Korean Peninsula to FIFA. In the meantime, the Korean team was only referred to as ‘one team’ rather than the country’s name, and the Korean team’s games were not broadcast at all. It even covered the Taegeukgi or advertisements for Hyundai Motors in the stands of other countries. However, in this Korea-Brazil match, almost 100 minutes of the game was played without editing, and Hyundai Motor Company advertisements were not edited either.
Reporter Ki-seop Noh