Pyongyang’s playbook: How North Korea turned sports into tool for regime control
DPRK’s athletic success is product of decades of effort to assert state power and boost military readiness through sport
A North Korean soccer match in Pyongyang in Feb. 2023 | Image: KCNA, edited by NK News
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series on the origins and evolution of the DPRK’s athletics system.
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series on the origins and evolution of the DPRK’s athletics system.
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