Soccer Wars! North Korea vs Japan today
There were flocks of choppers flying overhead this morning, storm troopers are surrounding Saitama stadium and North Korea’s media is screaming at Japan and demanding an apology and compensation for its colonial rule. Anytime a Korean team plays Japan, they place a hell of a lot of importance in winning against their old colonial overlords. And Japan is pissed about North Korea shoot missles at them, kidnapping Japanese, and smuggling drugs as well as DPRK’s nuke threats. Ahhhh Chaos– I looooove it!
Reuters—Japanese riot policemen from Saitama Prefecture stand guard outside the Saitama Stadium….north of Tokyo … to the second round of the 2006 World Cup qualifying match. Japan and North Korea …
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February 9th, 2005 at 1:00 pm
Soccer rivalry spotlights Japan’s ethnic Koreans
Sun Feb 6, 2005 04:59 AM ET
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7548402&type=sportsNews
…. “We have not been treated as respectable human beings. We are
something like refugees here in Japan. No passports and no jobs for
us,” lamented Lee, who works at a pinball parlour.
Job opportunities for pro-Pyongyang ethnic Koreans are limited
largely to firms run by members of their community such as the pachinko
pinball parlours, night clubs, barbecue restaurants and trading houses
specialising in business with North Korea.
“In Japanese society we are suffering from invisible pressure and
barriers,” said Song Yun-bae, 41, who also works at a pachinko parlour
in Tokyo……