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North Korea-South Korea women’s football match sells out in hours

The Independent·Maroosha Muzaffar·17 days ago
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Tickets for a rare football clash between teams from the two Koreas sold out within hours despite ongoing geopolitical tensions. All 7,087 general admission seats for the 20 May semi-final of the Women’s Asian Champions League between South Korea ’s Suwon FC Women and North Korea’s Naegohyang Women’s FC were bought within 12 hours of going on sale on Tuesday, according to the Korea Football Association. The match will be played in Suwon, around 35km south of the South Korean capital Seoul. Naegohyang Women’s FC is the first North Korean sports team to play in South Korea since 2018. The team, founded in Pyongyang in 2012, is expected to travel to the neighbouring country via China over the weekend. The South Korean unification ministry previously said the North Korean delegation travelling for the match included 27 players and 12 staff members. They were expected to share accommodation with the rival squad at a hotel in Suwon.…

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