Jong Tae-Se’s Anthem Tears

I'd say crying is alright, but actually more reasonable if you've already won something :-)

i dam near break down, when i hear the mexican and us national anthems, being proud to represent your country is nothing to be ashamed about

Making it to the world's stage from a secretive country like N. Korea, that's enough.

Whether those tears were for his country or not, getting there is emotional enough.

Bense235, this is North Korea's first appearance at a World Cup since 1966 – their second appearance only. This is an incredible display of national pride and it's nothing to laugh at – especially if you're from a nation whose team are frequently in the Cup, and whose high paying players' love for the game are now tainted by greed and fame.

Jong Tae-sae is a true warrior.. he studied different languges by himself just to communicate with world's great soccer players one day. After NK scored, he wasnt there celebrating, but he ran back holding the ball. He really wanted to win and let ppl know that their team is not just backing down. He definitely shocked the world when everyone was laughing about NK team. Much respect to Japanese born South Korean who plays for North Korea..

He does his interviews in Japanese and only applied for North Korean citizenship after being denied South Korean citizenship. I'm sure he is proud of the North Korean football team, but there is also a possibility that he doesn't know their national anthem. I've never seen him even attempt to sing it.

i wonder what's the reason behind his tears

He's a very good striker and we saw glimpses of that in the Brazil game. To go through all the hardship and countless hours of work probably were running through his mind, symbolically, as the national anthem played

this is very emotional for a person to be in the grandest stage of the world to hear the national anthem of the country you are representing leave the guy alone and respect one's emotions kudo's to him

I'm cheering for the N. Korean side. It's one of the few times the public there ever gets to see video of the outside world. I'm not sure why he chose to live in N. Korea but at least he gives the country's wretched masses something to be happy about.

(Not that our version of “capitalism” is all that great, but their “socialism” would shock Marx)

I think he was crying because North Korea probably has his family held hostage if he doesn't perform well in the WC, he may lose them.

He plays for a cheating team, that tried to sneak in an extra stiker in the Goalie position.

He represents a country of oppression, a place where only soldiers eat right and regular people die daily. Christianity is scarce because what it teaches, would free them from Kim Jong-Il.

I used to live in South Korea. I wonder why they denied him citizenship?

Okay, can we STOP issuing unkind and exaggerated political comments about the People's Republic of Korea? We should focus on the team – and praise them for a great performance, and not bash them for a regime that is outside their control. These attacks should be left out of World Cup and be confined to politics alone; otherwise we miss the point of it.

Low occurrence of christianity has nothing to do with anything.

Then why do they fear it? Why do they kill those who believe in it? If it was truely powerless, harmless…Then they'd pay no mind to it. That's the truth.

I seriously doubt that many of the NK people outside Pyongyang (The Pyongyang-ans, who are usually the pride of the nation, hand picked to live in the capital) are seeing any of the World Cup. It's been demonstrated again and again that Kim Jong-Il always has an ulterior motive. It's unfortunate, because I was (am) cheering for the NK team too. I'm cheering for the people on the team, if it's possible to separate the idea of the team from the government.

How would Christianity free them from Kim Jong-Il?