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成人快手 Minute: On Football in North Korea

North Korea is one of the most politically isolated countries on earth, with controlled access to news outside the country. Yet if you turn on State TV you can watch the latest Champions League games, in its version of 'Match Of The Day.'

Sport has historically been important for communist regimes, like North Korea, and football is king - as 成人快手 Monitoring's Alistair Coleman explains.

(Photo: Football players of North Korea applaud after their national anthem prior to the group stage football match between North Korea and Niger in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Kochi on October 7, 2017, Credit: MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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