North Korea Broadcast World Cup Live

What a momentous occasion it must have been recently for North Korea to broadcast the match against Portugal live to its people. Something that had not been done before when the team was playing abroad. I guess after the honourable loss to Brazil, 2-1, they felt that they had a chance against a, it must be said, pathetic (at least against Cote d'Ivoire) Portugal. Even I thought they were a dumb chance.

Not so. Scoreline reads 7-0. Can you imagine what what the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, was thinking as the Portuguese slammed on three goals in a seven minute period? I reckon he would have thought about halting the broadcast. Here's what I think the justification would have been.

"We apologise for this break in transmission. We will return you to your normal propaganda as soon as possible."

우리는 전송이 휴식 대해 사과드립니다. 우리는 당신의 정상적인 선전에 가능한 빨리 당신을 반환합니다.

Portugal Does To DPR Korea What The US-Led UN Couldn't Do

Portugal has just done something that the US-led UN couldn't do to North Korea from 1950-53. They put them out of their misery. Seven goals. All to Portugal.

And to think that I fully expected PBR Korea (Powered By Rice) to put in a great defensive effort and even score a goal for a 1-0 victory. Portugal had been pretty disappointing in their first effort against Côte d'Ivoire. PBR Korea played well against Brazil. And PBR played well in the first half and were only down by a goal at the half. But what a second half Portugal played. Pure pleasure to watch. And to think that it was also very wet. Skills were sublime. Ronaldo would be a bit embarrassed by his goal with the ball accidentally balancing on his back and then giving him time to score. Not pretty but quite funny. A case of the highlights taking longer to play than the match.

No special fried rice for the North Koreans tonight, methinks.