North Korean women's soccer club arrives in South amid strained ties
The 39-member delegation is the first North Korean sports team to visit South Korea in more than seven years.
- North Korean women's soccer club Naegohyang FC arrived in South Korea for an Asian Women's Champions League semi-final, marking the first visit by North Korean athletes to the South in eight years.
- The team, including 27 players and 12 staff, entered South Korea ahead of their match against Suwon FC Women scheduled for Wednesday in Suwon.
- Their visit was approved under the inter-Korean exchange law and may last through the weekend unless the team is eliminated earlier.
- All 7,087 tickets for the match sold out within a day, indicating strong public interest, according to South Korea's football federation.
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North Korea meets Suwon FC from South Korea with the female football players from Naegohyang: This semi-final is of great importance, especially in Seoul.
In South Korea, the North Korean women's football team arrived in Seoul on Sunday 17 May before meeting a South Korean team on Wednesday. A historic match for the Asian Champions League semifinal, the first time since 2018 that a meeting between the two countries is taking place in South Korea.
The North Korean women's soccer team arrived in South Korea today (the 17th). They are here to participate in the inter-Korean match of the Asian Women's Champions League, which will be held three days later. Reflecting the strained inter-Korean relations, their faces clearly showed tension. Reporter Kim Deok-hun
It is about the entry into the final of the Asian Champions League: That's why the women footballers of the North Korean club Naegohyang Women's FC travelled to South Korea. There should not be much contact between the female athletes.
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