N. Korean sports broadcast labels S. Korea ‘puppets’ during Hangzhou Asian Games

North Korea's Korean Central Television refers to South Korea as "goeroe" or "puppets" in the subtitles beside the score for the South Korean team during a women's soccer match between North and South Korea during the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sept 30. - Korean Central Television/The Korea Herald

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): North Korea’s state media outlets, including Rodong Sinmun and Korean Central Television, dropped the term “Nam Joseon”, or South Joseon, when referring to South Korea in a recent sports broadcast.

Instead, they used the term “goeroe”, which means “puppets”, to indicate South Korea.