Unironically i think that DPRK hosting the World Cup would actually be really good for them. Being a socialist country it would not come with the usual socioeconomic fallout that happens when poor global south countries host the World Cup, and they may even get some economic opportunities out of it. Mainly it would show the world that they are just a normal country and not the scary dystopia that the West presents them as, and it is for this reason that it will probably never be allowed to happen. Not as long as Western powers have sufficient leverage to twist the arm of international sports organizations, which they clearly still do as we have seen with the disgusting way they have treated Russian athletes.
Thing is that you have to pay to host the WC. The WC is basically an ad for countries to attract tourism, i think the DPRK is better off investing that money developing their productive forces further.
in the ideal world, sure, but we gotta remember that drpk is at war and have issues due to the criminal blockade, so hosting a massive event like this seems risky, to accommodate that wave of people and not only to keep dumb tourists at bay, but spies and other kinds of corruptors.
How though? They barely let in a small handful of people with guided tours only.
I doubt they would be alright with hundreds of thousands of people wandering around Pyongyang or the country in general. You can’t keep all those people in one place.
The practical implementation is something i’m sure they can figure out. They are smart, creative people, they will find ways if they want to. They can relax restrictions temporarily, maybe just in a closed off region, or maybe even on the whole of Pyongyang, it’s a beautiful city from what i can see and it would not be a bad thing to have visitors walking about. The bigger obstacle is probably that the DPRK really has no interest in this kind of PR exercise, and that’s what it would mostly be, a very costly PR campaign. It would be up to them to decide if the risk/cost vs reward is worth it.
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Unironically i think that DPRK hosting the World Cup would actually be really good for them. Being a socialist country it would not come with the usual socioeconomic fallout that happens when poor global south countries host the World Cup, and they may even get some economic opportunities out of it. Mainly it would show the world that they are just a normal country and not the scary dystopia that the West presents them as, and it is for this reason that it will probably never be allowed to happen. Not as long as Western powers have sufficient leverage to twist the arm of international sports organizations, which they clearly still do as we have seen with the disgusting way they have treated Russian athletes.
Thing is that you have to pay to host the WC. The WC is basically an ad for countries to attract tourism, i think the DPRK is better off investing that money developing their productive forces further.
Yeah that’s definitely true.
in the ideal world, sure, but we gotta remember that drpk is at war and have issues due to the criminal blockade, so hosting a massive event like this seems risky, to accommodate that wave of people and not only to keep dumb tourists at bay, but spies and other kinds of corruptors.
To be fair, China also faced some economic fallout because of the Olympics. But they recovered from it.
How though? They barely let in a small handful of people with guided tours only.
I doubt they would be alright with hundreds of thousands of people wandering around Pyongyang or the country in general. You can’t keep all those people in one place.
The practical implementation is something i’m sure they can figure out. They are smart, creative people, they will find ways if they want to. They can relax restrictions temporarily, maybe just in a closed off region, or maybe even on the whole of Pyongyang, it’s a beautiful city from what i can see and it would not be a bad thing to have visitors walking about. The bigger obstacle is probably that the DPRK really has no interest in this kind of PR exercise, and that’s what it would mostly be, a very costly PR campaign. It would be up to them to decide if the risk/cost vs reward is worth it.