Hard men melt

If you intend going to the World Cup, happen to find yourself stationed in South Korea and have any notions about rioting, be warned: South Korean security experts have come up with a sure fire way of handling rowdies like yourself. The plan? They intend putting their prettiest police women on the front line, should trouble break out. Police chiefs are said to be chuffed to bits with the results of experiments carried out at sundry Seoul demonstrations, discovering that lads just don't have the heart to riot when confronted with "attractive police women". "Many people in the world find South Korean women very attractive," said Park Sang-Hwan, the country's World Cup deputy director of security, "and having them on the front line has quite an effect." Combat 18 don't stand a chance.