World-North Korea asks South for help to air World Cup

North Korea has asked its capitalist neighbour in the south for help broadcasting television coverage of the World Cup. South Korea’s unification ministry, which is in charge of policy towards the North, would ‘positively’ consider the request, a ministry official said. South Korea previously helped the reclusive and impoverished communist state receive TV broadcasts of the 2004 Athens Olympics, the South’s broadcasting commission said. The Korea Broadcasting Commission declined to comment on whether it had initiated discussions with world soccer body FIFA on extending the broadcast rights to include the North. South Korea, which jointly hosted the 2002 finals with Japan, did not provide the North with rights for the games then, although the North’s state-run television showed some highlights. (Reuters,May 31, 2006)

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