North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC will participate in the 2025-2026 AFC Women's Champions League in South Korea, marking the first time North Korean athletes have set foot on South Korean soil in eight years. This event sparks hope for eased bilateral tensions, despite Pyongyang's continued hostile stance.

North Korean athletes are set to step onto South Korean soil for the first time in eight years, raising hopes that sports could again help ease bilateral tensions even as Pyongyang continues to define Seoul as a hostile state. Naegohyang Women’s FC of North Korea have confirmed their participation in the 2025–2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Champions League (AWCL). “We have been informed by the AFC that Naegohyang Women’s FC have expressed their intention to participate in the...