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.

The Sonbong Team prevailed at the Torch Cup, an event taking place at Kim Il Sung Stadium on August 28. However, it has since been revealed that the team included a “wrong player” in its roster, causing the