North Korea’s Sanitized Premier League: How KCTV’s Delayed, Censored Broadcasts Erase South Korean Players
North Korea’s state broadcaster, Korean Central Television (KCTV), began airing the English Premier League (EPL) in January 2026, but the matches are not shown live. Instead, the 2024‑25 season games are heavily edited before transmission, with all footage of South Korean players such as Brentford’s Kim Ji‑soo and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hwang Hee‑chan removed entirely. The Ipswich Town versus…