The Paris Olympic vice-champions – Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong – are undergoing a month-long “ideological evaluation” in their country.
One of the most beautiful images of the Paris Olympics could be sanctioned. Silver medalists in the mixed table tennis event, North Koreans Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong are undergoing tests in their country after having a photo with their South Korean opponents at the time of the podium. This is what the Daily NK. Information taken up by The Telegraph .
The two British media outlets have learned that the pair Jong Sik-Kum Yong are the subject “of an ideological assessment” which aims to “cleaning in the face of exposure to contamination” after their photo was taken. A photo clearly criticized in North Korea which could earn them political and administrative sanctions.
Indeed, before the competition Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong were reportedly instructed – like every athlete in North Korea – not to come into contact with those from South Korea. A request that was therefore not respected by the pair of table tennis players. For a month, they will therefore have to prove that they have not been “influenced” by culture “non-socialists”.
