how to annoy north korea

[Ken Gargett]

check the medal tally....

for the full story...

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/london-olympics/brisbane-newspaper-mx-creates-storm-by-rebranding-north-and-south-korea-as-naughty-and-nice/story-fn9di2lk-1226442071285

[mykeuva]

That's ok. I'm sure North Korea will just shrug it off, using that good old sense of humor they're known for....

[backslide]

Ha, i love it

[Wil]

Gold!

[frenchkiwi]

i hope the journos compared the range of the North Korean missiles to the distance from their HQ to Naughty Korea first

[Blakes]

Haha!! That made me laugh!

[in0gravity]

Actually there is a better one. In the womens soccer tournament North Korea went out to play can't rememeber who they played. Anyway insteat of raising the North Korean flag the South Korean flag was raised. Oh boy did this cause a stir. The ladies went back to the locker because they were offended. It took nearly an hour to get them back on the pitch.

regards

Lars

[coblos]

Wow Kazakhstan 3 Gold? Great Success!

[NitrousPurger]

Actually there is a better one. In the womens soccer tournament North Korea went out to play can't rememeber who they played. Anyway insteat of raising the North Korean flag the South Korean flag was raised. Oh boy did this cause a stir. The ladies went back to the locker because they were offended. It took nearly an hour to get them back on the pitch.

regards

Lars

I almost died when I read the story on that... HILARIOUS!

[TexAg]

The "real" North Korean 2012 Olympic medal count.

[frenchkiwi]

the toying with medal tables continues...

" On the back page of today's Sydney's Daily Telegraph, "Aus Zealand" sits proudly at ninth place on their medal table, with four gold, 12 silver, and 11 bronze medals. Of those, only one of the gold medals is actually Australia's.

Over the weekend, the Sydney Morning Herald's Richard Hinds wrote that while Australia is not living up to pre-Olympics expectations, "Team Oceania" is having a great games.

"But the real challenge to Australia's sporting self-esteem has been issued by the Kiwis who, with three gold medals (all from rowing), were perched seven places higher than Australia on the medal table.

"Which, in time-honoured tradition, will prompt us to embrace the spirit of great Australasians Neil Finn, Russell Crowe and Phar Lap and to note that, with four gold medals, Team Oceania is doing quite well," he wrote.

"Disaster? Not at all. Just another great moment in the proud history of Team Oceania."

Australia had high hopes of finishing with the top five at the Olympics, however currently languish in 24th, although several gold medal chances remain for their athletes."

[Ken Gargett]

i, for one, am mortified at that. hinds is, i believe, a victorian. which explains much. i really doubt too many thought seriously that we'd be in the top 5 this time.

and i've never heard of any aussie claiming neil finn (seriously?). i doubt most aussies would have any idea who he is. and of course, any aussie claiming crow immediately forfeits all rights to citizenship.

but if we must have a combined tally, could the kiwis please contribute a smidge more in the silver column! or not.

[coblos]

Patty Mills just gave us our best Olympic moment of these games, monster 3 point buzzer beater to sink the Russians. If you blinked during the channel 9 coverage you may have missed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAg9F9uY5SY&feature=player_embedded

Looks like we play USA next, are they any good?

[deaconred]

Nah, just because we, the USA, beat that other team by 40 the other day doesn't mean we good, per se.

[Ken Gargett]

north korean response -

The Australian newspaper Brisbane Metro behaved so sordid as to describe the DPRK as "Naughty Korea" when carrying the news of London Olympics standings.

This is a bullying act little short of insulting the Olympic spirit of solidarity, friendship and progress and politicizing sports.

Media are obliged to lead the public in today's highly-civilized world where mental and cultural level of mankind is being displayed at the highest level. Brisbane Metro deserves criticism for what it has done.

The paper behaved so foolish as to use the London Olympics that has caught the world interest for degrading itself.

The paper hardly known in the world must have thought of making its existence known to the world by joining other media in reporting the Olympic news.

Then it should have presented its right appearance to the world.

Editors of the paper were so incompetent as to tarnish the reputation of the paper by themselves by producing the article like that.

There is a saying "A straw may show which way the wind blows". A single article may exhibit the level of the paper.

Many people were unanimous in denouncing the small paper for defaming the mental and moral aspects of the players of the DPRK who earned recognition from several appreciative world famous media.

Even hostile forces toward the DPRK heaped praises on its players' successful performance at the London Olympics, saying that "Korea whirlwind" sweeps the world.

The Australian paper cooked up the way of moneymaking, challenging the authority of the dignified sovereign state. The paper deserves a trifle sum of dirty money.

As already known, it was reported that a lot of petty thieves sneaked into the London Olympics together with tourists. Players fight to the finish in the stadium, but those petty thieves demonstrate their "skills" outside the stadium.

The paper Brisbane Metro is little different from those petty thieves. In a word, the paper discredited itself. How pitiful it is.

The Brisbane Metro will remain as a symbol of rogue paper for its misdeed to be cursed long in Olympic history. The infamy is the self-product of the naughty paper Brisbane Metro which dared challenge the spirit of Olympic, common desire and unanimous will of mankind.

[Wil]

north korean response -

The Australian newspaper Brisbane Metro behaved so sordid as to describe the DPRK as "Naughty Korea" when carrying the news of London Olympics standings.

This is a bullying act little short of insulting the Olympic spirit of solidarity, friendship and progress and politicizing sports.

Media are obliged to lead the public in today's highly-civilized world where mental and cultural level of mankind is being displayed at the highest level. Brisbane Metro deserves criticism for what it has done.

The paper behaved so foolish as to use the London Olympics that has caught the world interest for degrading itself.

The paper hardly known in the world must have thought of making its existence known to the world by joining other media in reporting the Olympic news.

Then it should have presented its right appearance to the world.

Editors of the paper were so incompetent as to tarnish the reputation of the paper by themselves by producing the article like that.

There is a saying "A straw may show which way the wind blows". A single article may exhibit the level of the paper.

Many people were unanimous in denouncing the small paper for defaming the mental and moral aspects of the players of the DPRK who earned recognition from several appreciative world famous media.

Even hostile forces toward the DPRK heaped praises on its players' successful performance at the London Olympics, saying that "Korea whirlwind" sweeps the world.

The Australian paper cooked up the way of moneymaking, challenging the authority of the dignified sovereign state. The paper deserves a trifle sum of dirty money.

As already known, it was reported that a lot of petty thieves sneaked into the London Olympics together with tourists. Players fight to the finish in the stadium, but those petty thieves demonstrate their "skills" outside the stadium.

The paper Brisbane Metro is little different from those petty thieves. In a word, the paper discredited itself. How pitiful it is.

The Brisbane Metro will remain as a symbol of rogue paper for its misdeed to be cursed long in Olympic history. The infamy is the self-product of the naughty paper Brisbane Metro which dared challenge the spirit of Olympic, common desire and unanimous will of mankind.

Can't believe they took the bait. Great stuff

How pitiful it is!