The Disappearance of the North Korean Ronaldo
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Han Kwang-song, once hailed as the North Korean prodigy, captured the attention of football giants like Liverpool and Juventus, was expected to ascend to greatness. However, because of political controversies, notably surrounding Kim Jong Un's nuclear testing, sanctions were imposed, altering the trajectory of Han Kwang-song's promising career. As these events unfolded, the North Korean Ronaldo vanished from the football scene, leaving fans and clubs shocked and confused. Join me in exploring the intriguing story of Han Kwang-song and how geopolitical factors contributed to the disappearance of this amazing talent. 🇰🇵
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If he had been born in the South, he would have been playing for the national team along with Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae. As a Korean, it's a shame. He was clearly a talented striker.
@Aman-jh7pz
3 ай бұрын
You are right. But why racism against Indians is increasing in your country tell me reason
@yourmommy44
3 ай бұрын
@@Aman-jh7pzwtf
@user-yy4kc6qg4o
3 ай бұрын
@@Aman-jh7pz Korea has become an advanced country since 2000. It is a country where people from developing countries with low levels of education and people from developed countries coexist. If I go on a trip to India, won't anyone be racist towards me? This is a problem that is difficult to solve in a short period of time.
@Carvajal2909
3 ай бұрын
@@Aman-jh7pz Not only Indian but South Asians and Southeast Asians in general. I've seen Koreans treat them differently. They either don't know what to do around with other dark skinned Asians or they feel so superior nowadays that if you're dark skinned, you're under them. Whichever is correct I can say that every country has their share of their bad tomatoes but I've never felt at ease in Korea. Definitely a different treatment.
@weirdcommenter4956
3 ай бұрын
Indian saying other countries are racist is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard get rid of your victim mentality@@Aman-jh7pz
Imagine if this man qualified North Korea in the world cup. But I don't think they should broadcast it again in North Korea 😅
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
LOOOOOOL u right u right
@Countryballs24992
3 ай бұрын
I think North Korea broadcasted the 2010 World Cup group stages but they got embarrassed by Portugal, and so they said “we lost to the World Cup winners” 😂
@vkauaoa3444
2 ай бұрын
Why not? They did broadcast the 2022 WC and showed 2 times the loss of the South to Brazil lol
@normalperson8173
Ай бұрын
if you snip around long enough in the pyongyang broadcasting service youtube channel(now deleted), they do show matches of world cups and euros, granted that it's rebroadcast, usually at 3pm korea time zone tho im not sure about the schedule
@Rollacoastertycoon
Күн бұрын
You can’t live the same life in two dimensions . He wouldn’t be a soccer player
It's sad what has happened to him at a very young age with that much potential .
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
Career got ruined by politics frfr
@Yk1000-
4 ай бұрын
@@Nabhutoyep that's why in 2001 33k people escaped the corrupt country makes me wonder where there at and what they're doing 😒
@rogue8903
3 ай бұрын
You will never grow and be successful in that country😂. Get out while you can. Instead of nurturing his potential, they ruined it.
@Yk1000-
3 ай бұрын
@@rogue8903 Yep cause in that hell on earth of a country there's NO such thing as,FUTURE and FREEDOM!!!!😉(Otherwise the psychotic dictator would've been lynched by his very own army he splashed so much cash on creating)
@Gosh..
3 ай бұрын
@@rogue8903 cope
It’s so sad, geopolitics destroyed the career of such a good talented player, I hope we will see him again ❤
@EnergeticSpark63
2 ай бұрын
hey
@rustythebullyzpa
Ай бұрын
I watched him play recently on KZread, Asia cup qualifying I think. He's still an absolute machine!
People forget Kim was well educated in a Swiss University and is well exposed to Europe. He's more intelligent than what we think he is not.
@jp28dew
4 ай бұрын
Kim went back to North Korea during his middle school years. He finished high school in NK.
@Warren_Flatt
4 ай бұрын
Leave it to a millenial youtuber to tell us the truth about a person living in the most secretive country in the world lmao.
@rishiganguly5586
4 ай бұрын
Swiss School*
@ChineseKiwi
3 ай бұрын
@@Warren_Flatt These are well known established facts in reality.
@Warren_Flatt
3 ай бұрын
@@ChineseKiwi right, these people were in North Korea and documented all these "facts" and atrocities. the same people probably who reported that Kim was sick and died.
It’s pretty cruel that this player was forced to not play in Europe because of political controversies. Not just him, but multiple North Korean workers who were trying to have normal lives anywhere else. Forcing them to go back set us back
@wangzhao2197
3 ай бұрын
most of those workers we're essentially slaves working 12h shifts 6 days per week. They were under constant supervision by korean party members and most of what they earned was sent directly to North Korea to fund the regime with foreign currency. As such, it was decided by the UN, that this path of financing the regime had to be restricted as well. There is an interesting doucmentary by vice about north korean workers in Siberia and and in Poland.
@Christof_The_Great17
3 ай бұрын
@@wangzhao2197and you know this how?
@redpipola
3 ай бұрын
@@wangzhao2197proof?
@inmybestdaysidontdocrack.7981
3 ай бұрын
@@Christof_The_Great17 the American propaganda we get fed as kids 😭
@Christof_The_Great17
3 ай бұрын
@@inmybestdaysidontdocrack.7981 😂😬
I'm italian, so I'd like to give an important note on Antonio Razzi, the italian politician who is "Friends" with Kim: he is not an important or serious politician here in Italy, he was caught years ago discussing hilariously his retirement pay and he became a national buffoon in the years following, being mocked also by a famous comedian, so our political relationship with North Korea is not actually that strong or serious. Please make more research when discussing political topics, we don't want to be linked with a dictatorship that is not our ally in any way, thanks.
@gabrielesolletico6542
Ай бұрын
Sì, ok, però è vero che, soprattutto in passato, l'Italia ha avuto dei legami più stretti con la Corea del Nord di quanto ne avessero gli altri Stati occidentali. Il famoso luna park, al confine con la Cina, è stato costruito e, per un certo tempo, gestito da un italiano. Svariati cuochi italiani sono stati ospiti a Pyongyang per un po' di tempo, e hanno aperto dei ristoranti, e hanno insegnato ai nordcoreani a cucinare la pizza e la pasta. Infine, e questa è forse la cosa più importante di tutte, negli anni '90 la casa automobilistica nordcoreana di Stato ha copiato un modello di utilitaria della Fiat, per produrre questa utilitaria per il mercato nord coreano. Noi italiani abbiamo portato in Nord Corea il know-how per produrla, e siamo anche stati presenti fisicamente negli impianti, durante le primi fasi, per insegnare ai nord coreani come assemblare i vari componenti. Lo sapevi? Poi, dalla morte di Kim Jong-Il in poi, più o meno, le relazioni si sono raffreddate... ma, dagli anni '70 e '80, fino ai primi 2000, abbiamo avuto QUALCHE rapporto, specialmente di tipo economico, con la Nord Corea. Non chiedermi perché... suppongo perché siamo sempre stati impestati di comunisti, purtroppo.
Few people remember, but there was another new Ronaldo in North Korea. It was Choi Min Ho. There were rumors that the Koreans even had a contract from Real Madrid, but he went to Samara Krylya Sovetov, where, alas, he was remembered only for the fact that he played a half with the South Korean, and then played at home, as well as in Cambodia
@bao5413
4 ай бұрын
Its an everyday thing that you hear about these new Ronaldo or new Messi and its everywhere, not just in North Korea. Honestly impossible for ppl to remember all of them🤣
@patbaker2199
3 ай бұрын
Spoiler alert.
@Artor1a
3 ай бұрын
@@bao5413 This is understandable, it’s just that the stories of some holders of this title are very interesting, especially from such exotic countries as the DPRK
Juventus bought him, Sold him immediately to Qatar and then due to UN Sanctions on North Korea they had to sell him also. He returned for World Cup qualifiers after a brief disappearance. He scored in his return.
Imagine his football career If he has tiny bit more luck to born in southern part of their country.
@Lostie94
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately not😢Good talent,good player everything.If he was in south Korea he could be a superstar
Such a sad story, great talent, born in a wrong country
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
Imagine if he was born a little more south, he could be playing with Heung-Min Son
@dga4914
4 ай бұрын
if he was born in South Korea, i’m sure he will be the next world class player South Korea ever had alongside Son Heung Min, Kim Min Jae, Kang in Lee, and Hwang Heechan
@sazzadroyale2855
3 ай бұрын
He could’ve played for Japan but choose North korea
@pronoob2422
3 ай бұрын
@@sazzadroyale2855 You really think he has a choice? He has as big of a say in that as the North Korean citizens have a say in who will be the next president.
@RubenMtuwaMungu-bz8ee
2 ай бұрын
There's no wrong country in the world but there's wrong people.
Its so sad to get robbed from a chance of playing because of your government
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
Facts bro
@huykhanh3031
3 ай бұрын
Or because they kept on connecting politics with football
@lonegrimo6098
3 ай бұрын
he could just defect from North Korea
@dealligatorgreen1222
3 ай бұрын
The only government that gets a pass is the Israeli one.
@jaymthesn5981
3 ай бұрын
UN has it's favorites...
Fum fact: the time portugal humiliated north korea 7-1, north Korea didn't want their people to know this, so the lied to them and said they lost to wc winners, so portugal and ronaldo won the wc in north korea😂
Dude just want to say, the fact that your pronounciation of korean names was good aside from the great content and research. I want to say thank youu, finally a good football youtuber
As soon as North Korea gets ahead in any field they shoot themselves in the foot time after time😂
These sanctions are cruel and unnecessary. Seriously? Who came up with deporting North Koreans living in Europe within 24 months, or even just forcing their job position to be terminated? I thought we're against the regime, not the citizens, especially those living abroad... More and more I just think that the sanctions are part of what makes their lives hell.
@classiccuneyt
2 ай бұрын
Thing is they don’t know if they were North Korean spies or not at least that what I’d assume was behind the decision
@jaderochdi3024
Ай бұрын
a lot of north koreans was sent to europe to work as slave with all their salary going to their gouvernment, thath's not something you can accept.
@Adi_SH_007
Ай бұрын
North korean citizens are actually victim of kim jong un regime and UN throwing all of those victims back to that hell. UN is also evil.
@eentelefoon8945
Ай бұрын
The same with russians who had issues living here with freezing assets for being russian.
this man balled in my leverkusen career mode team in fifa a few years ago
Were it not for his nationality, Han should have been at the very least playing for a solid and capable European league team by now. It's too bad that he landed on the DPRK for his birth location lottery. What a shame, really.
amazing video dude keep it up
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
thank u bro!
bro not gonna lie North Korean writing looks sick!
good research ... keep it up
Could you please do one on Jeremie Frimpong or Florian Writz? They are both very exciting youngsters.
@HalaMadrid4Life
4 ай бұрын
Agreed 😊
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
made a video about Bayer Leverkusen earlier and included those 2 in it
@recharr.amp24
4 ай бұрын
Oh ok thank you
I hope we will see him shine again and play overseas
he can actually be the future of north Korea's future football team and head of the sport!
Great video bro
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
thank u fam
Can you make a video about the Aaron Ramsey curse?
nice story!!!
Yo nabhuto make a video about Ferran Torres, his comeback is insane
Love your vids watching from Ghana Africa
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
W Ghana
Can you make a video about park ji sung? He was a mancester united legend.
@gerrilynnmannix9038
4 ай бұрын
Yes Please 🙏
I hope we see him shine again abroad
can you do Takehiro Tomiyasu
For a sec i thought the thumbnail was Ronaldo
RIP, You'll be remembered comrade
@german.geography.mapper
2 ай бұрын
He didn't die.
Nabhuto please talk about the rise of declan rice plzz
Nabhuto can you talk about Marcus Rashford
Good video
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
thank you!
We are living in a world where his country birth is a mistake 🙄😡😭
Please vid on kdb
If we was just born in south korea He would've been a insanely good player
nabhuto, please make a vid on mudryk
He is fucking good player man the big what if , if he play more regularly in Serie A he can easily one of the great of his generation alongside Mbappe and Haaland and I'm 100% fucking sure about that
Please do a James maddison
I think Italy is the only team to lose against north and South Korea in world cups 😂😂😂
We need more Asian talent
@luisvilla799
4 ай бұрын
Bro they got math, medicine, engineering, computer, they can let us have something
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
Agreed (India please develop more pls)
@arnavchauhan843
4 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure its because of people liking cricket> Football, The only people that I've seen that are good at football are the ones in the US, Also Indian footballers can't play overseas like in the prem.@@Nabhuto
@FreshsoCleanYep
3 ай бұрын
@@arnavchauhan843 India isn't the only asian country, buddy. No one else likes cricket lol
@arnavchauhan843
3 ай бұрын
Can I have what u have @@FreshsoCleanYep
hol' up you got a Serbian flag in your background bro is a W
im not gay, but i like your hair. also subbed glad youre in the algorithm.
1:28 I was also born on that day 😂
Legend says Kim Jong Un can be the GK and the Forward, and still win every match.
Day 2 of asking for a Goncalo ramos vid
Appreciate you calling it football despite being American. (Apologies if you're Canadian)
Nice vdo
Man, this guy had a world of talent shame he couldn’t do much because of the country he was born in
Bro, he litteraly played in the recent japan vs north korea match
You should do Paulo Dybala
Happy New Year
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
u too bro!
Bro he played last month against Japan +He started playing in North Korea's April Club and the story of his return to North Korea due to sanctions on Korea
hate the leader, hate the oppressors, don't hate the people
Well then sad of him just born in wrong country North Korea are strict country
Nabhuto can you please make a video on bayern Munich's new wonderkid nestory irankunda
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
I'd prolly make a video on the rise of Australia in football in general rather than just him
So basically this "disappearance" in the title is a clickbait. But the video is still interesting.
I really hate how politics gets in the way of sports. Just let the poor player play football and show his talent. Who cares where his wages go to? It’s not like top clubs care where they get their billions from
People with the same amd similar interests usually become friends
For those who don’t know why the rock showed up on saying the player’s birthday is because something happened in New York on that date but in 2001.
But atleast he didn't make it to top, because his salaries goes to the NK government so it would seemed to look like Liverpool or Juve is funding NK weapons and he would have lots of threats due to huge pressure of being a top NK footballer.
Dude got paid and said I’m done
He was with Juve under 23
Damn. That is crazy.
Can you make a video of chelsea number 9 curse
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
Not a bad idea tbf
Under a day gang 👇👇👇
sad that Han Kwang-song had to be a victim of the un sanctions
I do not agree at all with how North Korea treats its people or the nuclear testing that it does or its government structure. That being said, I do not support the sanctions against North Korean workers like this footballer playing in Italy. It seems counterproductive.
@tommy9565
3 ай бұрын
I agree. I feel like allowing North Koreans to experience Europe is exactly the kind of thing we want to happen if anything is going to change inside their country.
Where did the hunger came from
Can you please do kudus mohammed
You’re right ❤ you got education 🙏
When I hear NK, i am definitely thinking kim jong un😂😂.
My best striker in FIFA18.
I really enjoy it whenever the north korean national football team plays. I like how you focused more on the sports aspect and not so much on the political aspect. Anyways do you know kctv often broadcast football games from all over the world. Its saddening how sanctions often prevent the chollimas from playing.
@FreshsoCleanYep
3 ай бұрын
you enjoy watching poor sportsmanship, aggressive behavior, and obnoxious foul plays?
@chonma-ho1
3 ай бұрын
@@FreshsoCleanYep try watching their matches. i personally like how they play offensively in their match vs indonesia. please try watching a match without south korean/american commentary
@FreshsoCleanYep
3 ай бұрын
@@chonma-ho1 I do watch their matches. Playing offensively and foul play are two complete different categories. Both South and North Korea play inhumane soccer; South korea not so much anymore, but North Korea will never change. You should go watch the recent U23 match between Japan and North Korea, then tell me what you think lol. Assaulting the referee until security has to step in is nothing to praise about. They should be banned from the event.
@chonma-ho1
3 ай бұрын
@@FreshsoCleanYep wasn't a north korean player given a yellow card for drinking water ? i watched their U23 matches, only saw them being mad for getting a false yellow
@FreshsoCleanYep
3 ай бұрын
@@chonma-ho1 Wrong. A North Korean player approached one of Team Japan's trainers that had water and tried to take a water bottle, the trainer reluctantly passed one on to him, but the North Korea player seemed really frustrated and he made a gesture to punch the trainer, which then lead him to receiving the yellow card. North Korea also made numerous redcard fouls throughout the match but only received yellow for some reason. After the match ended, the North Koreans rushed to the referee and started a fight with the referee, putting their hands on him until security stopped them. Go watch for yourself. Then tell me how much you respect how North Korean players play soccer lol.
That one piece reference came out of nowhere lmao, but based manga reader regardless
it is so sad that you never see a comment start like "hey i'm from korean and bla bla ..." .. which usualy happens under these kind of country based videos
0:46 bro no way Italy was choking back then too
FIFA 18 career mode legend.
I’ve heard rumors that he’s still in Qatar 🇶🇦 but as free agent and still he hasn’t moved around and doesn’t have any social media presence to confirm whether it’s true or not
Gerard’s best moment was his final appearance against Manchester United 😂
I love football⚽️⚽️
Need a video on rashford 🙏🏾
@user-oi9iu6qj4e
4 ай бұрын
if u were an OG u would know he already made one but i think he deleted it not trying to be rude
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
@@user-oi9iu6qj4e u an OG frfr
Is it possible if you make a video on angel di maria? he's the underrated baller.
@kenifechua418
4 ай бұрын
gerd muller is the most underrated baller imo
@dj_j.a.c.k
3 ай бұрын
Angel di Maria and Gerd Müller are not underrated.
@kenifechua418
3 ай бұрын
@@dj_j.a.c.k how is gerd Müller not underrated? Explain
If god only made him south korean
since when did north korea play in Melbourne Australia??
Imagine in 2014 they’d reach the semi finals that’d be the best because if they were destined to loose her be killed in the finals so in the semis or the quarters they wouldn’t be killed by the government t😤
If North Koreaan son born in South Korea his career will golden
born in september 11th is wild but at least it isnt 2001 💀💀
My friend likes Liverpool alot
people who actually remember the old vid about this and got confused
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
You an OG frfr
I was so scared cos I thought you were gonna say he did something the regime didn't like in Europe and was sent back to North Korea and killed.
he didn't disappear, it's more like sanctions and covid took him down
That’s not fair at all.
I’m from Malaysia... 💀I didn‘t even know we had a league...
@magz_y1462
4 ай бұрын
Bro what 💀
@XabzintheNBAGuru
4 ай бұрын
😭😭🙆♂️
@Nabhuto
4 ай бұрын
LOOOOL
@cimolbalado
4 ай бұрын
You must not be a Bumiputera then 😂😂😂
If he was just born south.
kim jong un would be an amazing gk