Against the odds, North Korea begins race for sports sponsorship

AFP 4/13/2005 In the last global outpost of hardline Communism, North Korea’s athletes have begun competing in an event they seem destined to lose under their current manager — the race for international sponsorship. After being shut out for decades from the lucrative spin-offs of capitalist economics, officials in North Korea say dictator Kim Jong-Il … Continue reading Against the odds, North Korea begins race for sports sponsorship