North Korea Women's Football Team Arrives in South After 8 Years

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By Jung Mun-young
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null - Seoul Economic Daily Sports News from South Korea

A 35-member delegation of North Korea's Naegohyang Women's Football Club arrived at Incheon International Airport's Terminal 1 on Monday, greeted by welcoming citizens.

The team will face Suwon FC Women in the semifinals of the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League (AWCL) at Suwon Sports Complex on Thursday.

The visit marks the first time a North Korean sports delegation has traveled to South Korea in approximately eight years, since the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals in December 2018. For a North Korean women's football team, it is the first visit in 12 years, since the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

Photo by Sung Hyung-joo

#NorthKorea#WomensFootball#AWCL#Naegohyang#SuwonFC#InterKoreanSports#AFC

Original reporting by Jung Mun-young for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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