Well it is good to see that the people in North Korea can at least see a snippet of the World Cup matches currently going on in South Africa:

North Korean state television has aired unprecedented coverage of three World Cup matches as well as snippets from the opening ceremony — but not the games played by wartime enemies South Korea and the United States.

North Korea has a team at the World Cup finals for the first time since 1966, but it has been unclear how closely North Koreans would be able to follow the tournament and their team’s progress.

The communist country has just one state-run TV channel, and foreign radio broadcasts are banned. South Korea’s SBS television, which owns the broadcast rights for the entire Korean peninsula, said it would not feed live coverage to North Korea as in the past due to political tensions.

Still, “World Cup fever” is in full swing in North Korea and among North Koreans living overseas, according to the Choson Sinbo, a pro-Pyongyang, Korean-language newspaper published in Japan.

On Saturday, Pyongyang’s Korean Central Broadcasting began airing World Cup footage from South Africa. Friday’s opening match between Mexico and host South Africa aired late Saturday, and the game between France and Uruguay was shown Sunday afternoon.

The match Saturday between Argentina and Nigeria was to air later Sunday, according to the station’s program schedule. It was not immediately clear how North Korea obtained the footage. SBS said it was looking into the matter.  [Associated Press]