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‘Tearing down barriers’: North Korean footballers arrive in Seoul for first time in eight years
North Korean women's football club Naegohyang FC has arrived in South Korea—the first visit by North Korean athletes to the South in eight years—to face Suwon FC Women in the AFC Women’s Champions League semi-final on May 21, 2026. The visit, approved under inter-Korean exchange laws, has sparked significant public interest with all 7,087 match tickets selling out in a day, and South Korean officials hope it will serve as a catalyst for improved ties between the long-divided nations.
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