N Korea`s World Cup team reprimanded: Report

Seoul: A news report says North Korea`s football team and coach have been reprimanded by the government for the team`s performance at the World Cup.

Radio Free Asia said the team was summoned to a closed-door meeting in Pyongyang earlier this month and criticized for the losses to Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast.The report says players were then ordered to reprimand coach Kim Jong Hun. The report cited unidentified sources in North Korea and a Chinese businessman described as knowledgeable about North Korea affairs.South Korea`s main spy agency could not confirm the report, and there was no mention of any such meeting in North Korean state media. Bureau Report