Table tennis champions said to be in ‘cleanse from exposure to contamination’ following podium picture with opponents

It was a heartwarming moment that captured the Olympic spirit, but North Korea’s table tennis champions may be punished for joining a selfie with their opponents from the South.

Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong, who won silver medals, are said to be undergoing “ideological evaluation” along with other athletes who returned from the Paris Games.

The assessment is a standard procedure to “cleanse” the team from “exposure to contamination” abroad, the Daily NK reported.

North Korean athletes were reportedly given “special instructions” not to interact with South Koreans or other foreign athletes in Paris, under threat of repercussions.

Since returning from France, the Olympic team is believed to be in the process of a three-stage ideological assessment process by the country’s ministry of sport.

It is said to last about a month, with the intention of purging any lingering influence of “non-socialist” culture.

  • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    164·
    26 days ago

    I know it seems extreme but the best thing Paris can do for these poor souls is keep them indefinitely.

    • Antmz22@lemm.eeEnglish
      417·
      26 days ago

      Kidnapping is based when the west does it to Asian?

      Then you wonder how colonialism happened…

      • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        55·
        26 days ago

        Kidnapping is based with North Koreans if it means giving them a better, happier and healthier life and a chance to let these particular athletes escape what will inevitably be a death sentence for taking a picture with the South Koreans. Are you just clueless or what? Kim has enslaved their entire nation with an iron fist.

        • Antmz22@lemm.eeEnglish
          57·
          26 days ago

          Kidnapping is based with North Koreans if it means giving them a better, happier and healthier life

          So as long as you believe you’ll give them a better life you can kidnap them? Isn’t that the logic north Korea themselves use to to isolate from the rest of the world?

          So the north Korea can’t use this logic to ban western influence but you can use it to kidnap people from a foreign nation and thats justified?

          let these particular athletes escape what will inevitably be a death sentence for taking a picture with the South Koreans.

          And you’re basing this “inevitable death sentence” off of what?

          An article, citing another article hosted by a “news agency” which is a NED/South Korean government United propaganda project, and cites “anonymous sources” who says they could have to publicly denounce the action?

          Are you just clueless or what? Kim has enslaved their entire nation with an iron fist.

          Meanwhile you’re ready to advocate for the kidnapping of people from another country to save them based on nothing.

          Pure white saviourism, as I said, people wonder how people allowed colonialism to happen…

          • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.worldEnglish
            84·
            26 days ago

            Lol yeah, I do feel it’s justified. You are welcome to disagree, and that’s 100% ok. If you’re expecting me to respond and debate this, it’s not going to happen. Have a nice day!

            • Antmz22@lemm.eeEnglish
              44·
              25 days ago

              I wonder what North Koreans would think if they knew there was a “debate” on if it’s acceptable to kidnap and hold them against their will…they’d probably understand why their govt is so careful and isolationist when it comes to the west.

                • Antmz22@lemm.eeEnglish
                  33·
                  25 days ago

                  Yes, you obviously don’t care about North Koreans, you just like the idea of “punishing” their government by kidnapping their people…

                  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
                    51·
                    25 days ago

                    You’ve commented 9 times on this post so far,mostly to just say it’s all propaganda and distract people from the story.

                    Why?

                    Is this what your whole day looks like?