North and South Korea will meet at the podium and take a ‘victorious selfie’. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Awards Ceremony held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 30th (local time), Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon and bronze medalist Shin Yu-bin, and North Korea’s Ri Jeong -sik and Kim Geum-yong, who won silver medals, took a commemorative photo with a Samsung Z Flip 6 on the podium [사진출처=연합뉴스]
There have been reports that North Korean athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics are being subjected to ideological censorship in Pyongyang.
Daily NK, citing a high-ranking source in Pyongyang, announced on the 21st that the North Korean Olympic Committee delegation and athletes have been receiving briefings in Pyongyang since returning to Korea on the 15th.
According to Daily NK, North Korean athletes who participate in international competitions receive reviews in three stages. It is reported that the athletes who participated in these Olympics will also be reviewed in three levels: the Main Party, the Ministry of Sports, and their own review.
“The consensus starts from the moment the players return home,” said the source, “The idea is to clear their players as soon as possible.”
In North Korea, to the extent that the phrase ‘ideological cleansing’ is used, living abroad itself is considered an ‘act of pollution’ through exposure to a non-socialist culture.
The Central General Meeting currently being held in Pyongyang is reported to be hosted by the Sports Department under the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Party Central Committee.
The General Assembly of the Central Party focused on examining, analyzing, and evaluating the entire process from departure to return.
We investigate whether athletes have opposed the party’s policies or educational projects during the Olympics. If you engage in problematic behavior, you will also be punished.
Since North Korean athletes have been told not to come into contact with foreign athletes, including South Korean athletes, before participating in these Olympics, it is expected that they will be subject to punishment if they are found to have violated this order.
It is known that the performance of these Olympics will be evaluated intensively at the general meeting of the Ministry of Sports of the Cabinet which will be held after the general meeting of the Central Party.
Award recognition is determined along with the evaluation of athletes who have performed well compared to North Korea’s previous international competition performances.
Players with poor performance can be criticized and even punished during this process. In some cases, athletes who perform below expectations in international competitions are punished with one or two months of unpaid work.
After the general meeting between the Main Party and the Ministry of Sports, there is intense criticism and self-criticism.
While participating in the Olympics, they take the time to criticize the wrong words and actions of other athletes they have seen or to openly reflect on their actions. himself in front of others.
It is known that if there is contact with a player from another country, one must think strongly about the mistakes one has made through self-criticism to avoid political and administrative punishment in the future.
It was reported that a report containing negative evaluations of mixed doubles table tennis players Ri Jeong-sik and Kim Geum-yong, who attracted attention by taking ‘galaxy selfies’ with Korean and Chinese players at these Olympics, into the party.
The two silver medalists in mixed doubles table tennis took a selfie with Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Z Flip 6 on the podium with Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon and bronze-winner Shin Yu-bin, and China’s Wang Chu- Qin and Sun. Yingxia, who won gold.
This scene is considered an impressive enough moment to be chosen by foreign media as one of the top 10 Olympic news stories, but in North Korea, it is considered an act worthy of criticism. .
According to the source, the criticism written in the report was that Korean players, who the authorities called the main enemy, were right next to him and showed a ‘smirking’ smile.
As for Kim Geum-yong, he smiled when taking a selfie, and it was pointed out that Ri Jeong-sik also smiled while watching athletes from other countries for a long time after his go off the podium.
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics, the official sponsor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), distributed the free ‘Galaxy Z Flip 6 Olympic Edition’ to over 17,000 athletes participating in Paris Olympics.
In addition, together with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), we organized a ‘Victory Selfie’ program where athletes on the podium could take pictures with the Galaxy Z Flip 6.
2024-08-21 12:43:23
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