Yong Ja Hong, a PhD candidate finding out North Korean society, tradition and media on the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, joins the podcast to debate the historical past of sports in North Korea, even earlier than the peninsula was separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.
She recollects North Korean athletes who competed on the worldwide stage, together with a monitor star who was briefly reunited along with her South Korean father, and sheds mild on how trendy sports made its approach into the peninsula.
Hong, an NK News contributor, additionally talks about how basketball’s recognition took off instantly all through the nation throughout Kim Jong Il’s rule and how baseball by no means discovered stable footing amongst the folks.
About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Jacco Zwetsloot solely for NK News, masking all issues DPRK — from information to prolonged interviews with main consultants and analysts within the subject, together with perception from our very personal journalists.
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Yong Ja Hong, a PhD candidate finding out North Korean society, tradition and media on the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, joins the podcast to debate the historical past of sports in North Korea, even earlier than the peninsula was separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.
She recollects North Korean athletes who competed on the worldwide stage, together with a monitor star who was briefly reunited along with her South Korean father, and sheds mild on how trendy sports made its approach into the peninsula.
