North Korean women’s club to play rare football match in the South
Summary
A North Korean women’s football club, Naegohyang Women’s FC, will visit South Korea in May to play a semifinal match in the Asian Champions League. This will be the first time a North Korean sports team plays in South Korea since 2018, marking a rare event between the two countries.Key Facts
- Naegohyang Women’s FC from North Korea will play Suwon FC Women from South Korea on May 20.
- The match is a semifinal in Asia’s top women’s club football competition.
- The North Korean team will arrive on May 17 by plane from Beijing.
- The winning team will advance to the final against either Australia’s Melbourne City or Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza on May 23.
- There is no third-place playoff; the losing team returns to North Korea on May 21.
- North Korea and South Korea remain technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
- Sporting events and cultural exchanges between the two countries are very uncommon.
- Naegohyang Women’s FC was founded in 2012 and includes many players from North Korea’s national women’s team, which has won several international youth championships recently.
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