N v S Korean face-off moved to Shanghai

    Thursday, August 21, 2008

    SEOUL, Aug 21 (Reuters) - FIFA have moved next month's World Cup qualifier between the two Koreas to Shanghai because the North had refused to play the anthem or fly the flag of its Cold War rival. Experts have said North Korea will not allow patriotic displays from the South because they could undermine the messages from the communist state's propaganda machine. FIFA.com has listed the venue of the Sept. 10 match as Shanghai in China and not in the North Korean capital Pyongyang, where it was ...

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