Stamps, sticks and stories: looking for traces of baseball in North Korea
Like a trail of breadcrumbs, there are signs this most cherished of American sports may still be played in a country that calls itself the ‘biggest enemy’ of the US
How do you find evidence that people are still playing – or still remember – a once-loved sport?
Earlier this year, when a baseball team called the Challengers, made up of young North Korean defectors, toured the US, American and Korean media reported that baseball was “unheard of” in the North.