There were some great Premier League game in November 2024. Bournemouth managed to secure a shocking 2-1 win over Manchester City, and then Tottenham did the same, but more convincingly (3-0) while Arsenal destoyed West Ham 5-2. Oh, and Liverpool also beat Manchester City (2-0), while Spurs thrashed Aston Villa 4-1. Considering the amount of games in modern football, you probably already forgotten about these matches, but there are people who will only see them now, in February 2025. And only some of them. The findings by the independent US think tank, Stimson Center’s 38 North project were recently revealed and they show that people of North Korea are watching Premier League matches four months later then they actually happen, and some matches are forbidden, like all Tottenham games.🚨🇰🇵 Kim Jong-un has banned Tottenham matches from being broadcasted in North Korea. 📺❌North Korea do not allow any games involving players from neighboring country South Korea to be shown.Tottenham, who are captained by Son Heung-min, are never shown on North Korea’s… pic.twitter.com/1b7CXzT52x— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) February 16, 2025 As part of his general restrictions towards anything coming from South Korea, the leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un has sanctioned Tottenham games due to Son Heung-min involment. South Korean international, who is without a doubt their most popular sport figure, is now welcomed on North Korea TV and all potential supporters in that country won‘t be able to watch today‘s game between Tottenham and Manchester United at all. In fact, last season two other teams were on embargo from Kim Jong Un were Wolverhampton and Brentford. The reason si simple, South Korean players in those clubs (Hwang Hee-chan of Wolverhampton Wanderers and Kim Ji-soo, a defender in Brentford).Tel with a twist: Spurs have the buyout clauseReport also states that in 2023, KCTV showed matches from the Premier League, Champions League and World Cup. However, North Korea does not have an agreement to show TV highlights of Premier League games as they happen. The Match of the day is shown four months later, and it‘s shortened from 90 to 60 minutes. North Korean leader is trying to stop an foreign influence on his people, especially from the neighborhood county South Korea. All media from that country are banned, the people of North Korea have limited access to the internet and possibilities on their mobile phones (don‘t have an option to call foreign numbers), they have limited freedom of movement within the country, private business is all but forbidden and Jung Un has reportedly even ruled out eating hot dogs as part of a crackdown on Western culture infiltrating North Korea.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 25Friday Brighton – Chelsea 3-0 (2-0)/Mitoma 27, Minteh 38, 63/Saturday Leicester – Arsenal 0-2 (0-0)/Merino 81, 87/Aston Villa – Ipswich 1-1 (0-0)/Watkins 69 – Delap 56/Fulham – Nott.Forest 2-1 (1-1)/Smith Rowe 15, Bassey 62 – Wood 37/Man.City – Newcastle 4-0 (3-0)/Marmoush 19, 24, 33, McAtee 84/Southampton – Bournemouth 1-3 (0-2)/Sulemana 72 – Ouattara 14, Christie 16, Tavernier 83/West Ham – Brentford 0-1 (0-1)/Schade 4/Crystal Palace – Everton 1-2 (0-1)/Mateta 47 – Beto 42, Alcaraz 80/Sunday 17.00: (1.20) Liverpool (8.00) Wolverhampton (14.0)19.30: (2.50) Tottenham (3.75) Man.Utd. (2.75)***odds are subject to change***
