North Korean athletes under 24-hour watch at Olympics

While most Olympic athletes will be mingling throughout the Games, North Korean athletes will be separate, under 24-hour watch, closely monitored wherever they go. A system of watching each other, as they do back home in the North, amid inevitable fears of defections from athletes of other members of the delegation.

[JohnLee-kltc]

These people are literally hostages and we're just watching.

[chizzygirl]

Super glad I wasn't born in such a country, must be hell

[lynne]

Sounds like prisoners and not athletes

[satchels]

i wonder if the north koreans that went to south korea and was like wtf... this place is awesome. wtf is up with our ppl

[bethaniasetiawan]

Seeing this in the 21st century makes my heart ache 😭

[harambejr.]

*“On a scale of 1-10, how strict are your parents about you leaving the house?”*
Me: North Korea

[DutchPlaysGames]

does it really shock anyone that they would do this!

[DanielPierce]

“I wouldn’t say they are in isolation, they adjust aren’t allowed to interact with anyone” ummmm, you just basically defined the word isolation, bravo.

[MrMetonicus]

I'm not sure if CNN is reporting this as a negative. They seem to admire the steps taken to prevent defection. I bet if a North Korean athlete runs to a CNN reporter, the reporter would turn them over to DPRK officials.

[KillsAll.]

Desperation over athletes indicates weakness by north korea

[u.h.forum.]

They are treated like prisoners in NK, give them some freedom in SK.

[nikiyen]

lol at the people who say the US is "just as bad" as North Korea.

[maheen]

Some people just don't understand how important relations can be. If you want to take a thousand mile journey you take it by taking the first step. Having NK officials and merged Olympic team is literally a massive step. You cant just start by saying yea, now free all your people and free NK. Nuclear weapons can and will be disastrous, it so serious that it's not even appropriate to joke about wielding it. Like the USA did with Cuba, some peace is better than none. That's how we start. If you have grown up your whole life being taught propaganda, it doesn't make you evil, since you innocently believe in the Lie that's been warped around you. It's not the people's fault so stop blaming them for something they can't possibly do about.

[sergiuh]

So sad. They should try to save them and not let them return to north korea

[JC-Beefcake]

But, wasn't CNN so in awe of Kim's sister and the happy NK cheerleaders?

[MiguelArcangelVilled]

sounds like my girlfriend should work for the north korens, she's good at keeping a tab on
shit I gotta go now it was nice being YouTube for few minutes see you guys next year.

[DemonInfinity]

Are you shitting me? They should have access to do whatever the hell they want. They're in South Korea for goodness sake.
I feel bad for them. Like for real.

[GlitchedPenguin]

"there would be a full debrief, and a review on how each person represented their country to the outside world." Oh Kim, you are already doing enough of that just on how you treat your countries athletes alone.

[Alexander-jyxl]

Wow, they made me sing and clap just now. I feel good for United Korea. I hope things work out for them.

[nbeyalh]

Being an athlete from NK seems hard and isolating : ( It is sad they will not be able to partake in the whole experience of the games of this magnitude
I cannot imagine living in constant fear