North Korea gives a hero’s welcome to victorious women’s soccer squad

North Korea AFC women's title sparks curiosity at home

News of North Korea’s Naegohyang women’s football club winning the AFC Women’s Champions League on South Korean soil has become a major talking point inside the country, with many North Koreans expressing more fascination with the fact that the team traveled to South Korea than with the victory itself. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province reported on Wednesday that the win has been widely discussed among people in Hoeryong city. “Some pe…

North Korea gives a hero’s welcome to victorious women’s soccer squad

North Korean state media hyped a series of international sporting victories as vindications of the country’s political system this week, reporting that these “patriotic offerings” brought joy to a population carrying out Ninth Party Congress goals. The women’s soccer players took titles at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Women’s Asian Cup and Asian Women’s […] The post North Korea gives a hero’s welcome to victorious women’s soccer s…

North Korea’s AFC women’s title sparks curiosity about South Korea at home - The Press United

News of North Korea’s Naegohyang women’s football club winning the AFC Women’s Champions League on South Korean soil has become a major talking point inside the country, with many North Koreans expressing more fascination with the fact that the team traveled to South Korea than with the victory itself. A Daily NK source in North […] The post North Korea’s AFC women’s title sparks curiosity about South Korea at home appeared first on The Press Un…