North and South Korea Just Played a World Cup Soccer Qualifier. No One Saw It
- Match is first between the two rivals in Pyongyang since 1990
- A DVD of the match to be provided just before the plane leaves
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South Korea men’s national soccer team played in North Korea for the first time in almost three decades, with Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state doing all it could to make sure the world didn’t see the game live.
The game ended in a 0-0 draw with North Korea barring South Korean fans, media and TV broadcasters from the World Cup qualifier game Tuesday in its capital at Kim Il Sung Stadium, which its state media said can seat about 50,000 people. When the game kicked off, the stadium was almost completely empty, images released in South Korea showed, and North Korea’s main state TV station was broadcasting programming for children.