Secretive N Korea back at World Cup after 44 years

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JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (AFP): As North Korea make their first appearance at the World Cup in 44 years Tuesday, the Communist country's reclusive team are provoking some head-scratching among football fans.
With Kim Jong-Il's regime mired in controversy over charges that North Korea sank a South Korean warship in March, an embattled Pyongyang has a chance at a more positive turn in the international spotlight as the North make a run for the World Cup.
But North Korea have so far been the tournament's most elusive team, granting few interviews, avoiding photographs and kicking journalists out of what was scheduled to be an open training session last week.