North Korean women's football team makes rare visit to South
Key takeaways
- A North Korean women's football club has become the country's first group of athletes in eight years to visit the South.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Drc UThe visit by Naegohyang FC comes amid fraught ties between the two Koreas Image: Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement.
- The visit by the club Naegohyang Women's FC is the first by athletes from the North to the South in eight years.
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A North Korean women's football club has become the country's first group of athletes in eight years to visit the South.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Drc UThe visit by Naegohyang FC comes amid fraught ties between the two Koreas Image: Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement. A women's football team from the isolated communist country of North Korea arrived in South Korea on Sunday, a rare visit that has generated strong public interest.
The visit by the club Naegohyang Women's FC is the first by athletes from the North to the South in eight years. It was approved under the inter-Korean exchange law despite the current strained ties between the two neighbors.