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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Flo Clifford

North Korean football club to make rare visit to South Korea

The North Korean women's football side is ranked among the strongest in the AFC - (Getty)

A North Korean football club will make a rare venture to South Korea next month, the first time athletes from the north will have crossed the border since 2018.

Naegohyang Women’s FC - a club based in the North’s capital, Pyongyang - are scheduled to play South Korean side Suwon FC Women in the Asian Women’s Champions League semi-final on 20 May, according to an announcement by South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Monday.

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