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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Hyung-Jin Kim

North Korean footballers arrive in South in rare glimpse at citizens of secretive country

A North Korean women’s football team arrived in South Korea on Sunday, marking the first visit by athletes from the North in eight years amid persistent political tensions between the two nations.

A total of 39 players and staff with North Korea’s Naegohyang Women’s FC arrived at Incheon International Airport, just west of Seoul, aboard a plane from China.

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